David Gilmour – A Boat Lies Waiting (Guitar Tab)
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A Boat Lies Waiting - written and performed by David Gilmour
Lyrics : Polly Samson
From album - Rattle That Lock (2015)
Tempo: 74 bpm
Notes:
The backing of the vocals is two piano figures (approximated in tab below). Leave out the ( )
notes and you can play a version on guitar with implied chords are given at top
(G) (D) (G) e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-------4--2--2-0-| D|-------5--4-(4)--| [Fig 1] A|---5--(5--5--5)--| E|-3---------------| (C) (G)(D) (G) e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-------4--2--2-0-| D|---2---5--4-(4)--| [Fig 2] A|-3----(7--7--7)--| E|-----------------|
The entire track after the intro is [Fig 1]x4 then [Fig 2]x4 repeated except
for a transition bar which occurs changing from [Fig 2] to [Fig 1]
(ie as the 4th bar of a [Fig 2] four bar sequence...
e|-----------------| B|-------0--------0| G|---------2---2---| D|---2-------0-----| A|-3---------------| E|-----------------|
Playing G [Fig 1] and Cmaj7 [Fig 2] chords over the figures works best with vocals.
[Intro]
Slide guitar... /
Piano... ( )
e|------------|-----(3)----|------(10)--|------------|------------|------(10)--|----------------| B|(0)---------|--------(3)-|---------8--|/3-/15------|-(3)-----(3)|---------13-|\12\10\8/10/3---| G|(0)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| D|(2)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| A|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| e|-(3)--------|(12)--------|-(10)-------|------------|------------|-(10)-------|------15--------| B|----(3)-----|-----5-/8/13|-\--12---\10|\8--5-------|-3/5\3-(5-3)|--8/10/12/15|----------------| G|------------|------------|------------|(4)---------|------------|(4)---------|----------------| D|------------|------------|------------|(5)---------|------------|------------|----------------| A|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------| e|-----15--14/15\14/12-12\10-10---|--------(10)|------------|14/15-15----|12------10--|---------| B|(8)---------|-------------------|------(8)-13|\17---------|------------|------------|---------| G|------------|-------------------|---(0)------|------------|------------|------------|--(0)----| D|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------(2)---|------------|---------| A|------------|-------------------|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|---------| E|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------| e|------------|------------| B|------------|------------| G|------------|------------| D|------------|------------| then [Fig 1]x4 [Fig 2]x4 [Fig 1]x4 [Fig 2]x4 [Fig 1]x2 A|------------|------------| E|------------|------------|
[Vocals]
[Fig 1]x 2
Its like going into the sea, there's nothing,
G
Something I never knew,
In silence I'd hear you,
Cmaj7
And a boat lies waiting,
Still your clouds all flaming,
G
That old time easy feeling.
Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
Now I'm drifting through without you,
G
In this sad barcarolle.
Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
And I'm rolling right behind you,
G
In this sad barcarolle.
It rocks you like a cradle,
It rocks you to the core,
You'll sleep like a baby,
As it knocks at death's door.
[Fig 2]x4 [Fig 1]x4 ...fade.
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