James Vincent McMorrow – If I Had A Boat (Guitar)

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Key of G Ear & Previous Tab Transcribes on Guitar by Jason Gatewood. The intro's music is a trance like synth/strings arrangement - I don't think it sounds right on guitar, so the intro just shows the lyrics, not any chords. [Intro] Golden, golden, golden river run To the East then drop beneath the sun And as the moon lies low and overhead We're lost... Em7 D G D Em7 G Em7 [Verse 1]
Em7                      G
Burn slow, burning up the back wall

Em7                           G
Long roads, where the city meets the sky

Em7                          G
Most days, most days stay the sole same

Em7                                  G
Please stay, for this fear it will not die
[Chorus]
           C               G
If I had a boat, I would sail to you

               D              Am
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true

             C                 G
Once I had a dream, it died long before

                D             Am              Em
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore
[Verse 2]
Em7                        G
Down low, down amongst the thorn rows

Em7                                    G
Weeds grow, through the lilies and the vine

Em7                           G
Birds play, try to find their own way

Em7                               G
Soft clay, on your feet and under mine
[Chorus]
           C               G
If I had a boat, I would sail to you

               D              Am
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true

             C                 G
Once I had a dream, it died long before

                D             Am              Em     Em7
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore
[Bridge]
                 C
Splitting at the seams

               G
Heaving at the brace

                D
Sheets all billowing

                    Am7
The breaking of the day

            C
Sea is not my friend

           G
And everyone conspires

           D
Still I choose to swim

            Am7
Slip beneath the tide

             C
Once I had a dream

             G
Once I had a hope

               D
That was yesterday

             Am7
Not so long ago

                C
This is not the end

                 G
This is just the world

               D
Such a foolish thing

               Am7
Such an honest girl
[Chorus]
           C               G
If I had a boat, I would sail to you

               D              Am
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true

             C                 G
Once I had a dream, it died long before

                D             Am
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore