Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) – Longer Boats (Guitar)

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Cat Stevens * 1970 https://www.songfacts.com/facts/cat-stevens/longer-boats
G            C   G             
Longer boats are coming to win us

C       G                 C       G               C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us

G            C   G               C
Longer boats are coming to win us

G          C   G    D            C                       G   
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
G C 6x
G            C   G             
Longer boats are coming to win us

C       G                 C       G               C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us

G            C   G               C
Longer boats are coming to win us

G          C   G    D            C                       G   (G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.

                          D
I don t want no God on my lawn

       G   D        G     C   G
Just a flower I can help along

                          D
cause the soul of no body knows

      G   D  C    Em  A        C  Em  A
How a flower grows... oh how a flower grows.

G            C   G             
Longer boats are coming to win us

C       G                 C       G               C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us

G            C   G               C
Longer boats are coming to win us

G          C   G    D            C                       G    (G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.

G                             D
Mary dropped her pants by the sand

          G  D            G        C G
And let a parson come and take her hand

        G               D
But the soul of no body knows

          G  D   C  Em A              C  Em  A
Where the parson goes, where does the parson go?
(G C G 4x)
G            C   G             
Longer boats are coming to win us

C       G                 C       G               C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us

G            C   G               C
Longer boats are coming to win us

G          C   G    D            C                       G    (G C G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
* Alternates: Capo III G = E C = A D = B Em = C#m A = F# Open (These chords are not in the original key) G = D C = G D = A Em = Bm A = E G = A C = D D = E Em = F#m A = B Set8