James Taylor – Boatman (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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Chords
BOATMAN by Livingston Taylor and Maggie Taylor
D(9) xxo23o
G(9) 3xo2o3
E7sus o2o23o
E7 o2o13o
[VERSE 1]
D(9) Hearts were exploding around us as D/F# G(9) we drifted south down the bay. Bm7 E7sus E7 The gray up above and gray down below Em7 D/F# A7sus A7 left us with nothing to say. D(9) So we drifted along in silence D/F# G(9) till the tickle of life trickled in. Bm7 E7sus E7 And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand, Em7 D/F# A7sus A we were catching fire again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D Oh boatman, I am the river, G/D D A7sus A D I am the mountain and the sea. G/D D G D A/C# Oh boatman, taker and giver, Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9) Can you deliver me? G(9) A D G/D D I would forever run free.
[VERSE 2]
D(9) Yeah, we finally caught up with legends, D/F# G(9) we were walking along side by side. Bm7 E7sus E7 We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand, Em7 D/F# A7sus A7 the long trail just wasn't that wide. D(9) The water around us was freezing, D(9) D/F# G(9) we just laughed and threw ourselves in. Bm7 E7sus E7 And although we were old, the sting of that cold Em7 D/F# A7sus A pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D Oh boatman, I am the river, G/D D A7sus A D I am the mountain and the sea. G/D D G D A/C# Oh boatman, taker and giver, Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9) Can you deliver me? G(9) A D G/D D I would forever run free.
[BRIDGE]
A B7 E A Oh, I'm a message in a bottle A B7 E A/E E drifting along on a deep blue sea. A B E A Waiting for some foreign shore, A B/E A ready for something to be.
[VERSE 3]
D(9) No longer afraid of falling, D/F# G(9) we cut the strings to the sky. Bm7 E7sus E7 We found lever ground and we put ourselves down, Em7 D/F# A7sus A7 amazing we all didn't die. D(9) We took each moment as given, D/F# G(9) by second, by second they came. Bm7 E7sus E7 The ice and the sun and the thundering guns, Em7 D/F# A7sus A good God I was finally sane.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D Oh boatman, I am the river, G/D D A7sus A D I am the mountain and the sea. G/D D G D A/C# Oh boatman, taker and giver, Bm7 E7 Em7 A7sus A Can you deliver me? G/D D G D Oh holy roller, I am the river, G/D D A7sus A D I am the mountain and the sea. G/D D G D A/C# Oh boatman, taker and giver, Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9) Can you deliver me? G(9) A D I would forever run free.