The Mountain Goats – Fishing Boat (Guitar)

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D/F#: 220232 [Intro] D Bm Gm D Bm Bb D Bm Gm D Bm G [Verse 1]
D
Free as the wind on the ocean

F#m
Wild as the rain in the storm

G
Immense out on the grand horizon

D                        A      A
As a thunderhead taking form

D
Turn in with the stars on the water

F#m
Rise with the tides in the dawn

G
Be your own boss for the summer

D                            A
Seize the moment before it's gone
[Chorus]
                     G    D/F#   Em7   A7   
Sixteen on a fishing boat

                D   Bm  Gm      D  Bm  Bb
Learning to float
[Verse 2]
D
Some who keep their secrets like treasure

F#m
Some who tend to cling to the coast

G
No one who can stand staying landlocked

D                           A     A
For longer than a month at most

D
Free as the churn of the riptide

F#m
Free as a wreck in the drift

G
Nothing's ever promised to anyone

D                         A
Everything you get is a gift
[Chorus]
                     G    D/F#   Em7   A7  
Sixteen on a fishing boat

               D    D
Learning to float
[Bridge]
            G
Learning to swim

                       D
Learning how to tread water

 Em
Learning how to raise our cries to the skies

  A                          A
Like seals to the slaughter
[Instrumental] (C D) x4 (Bb D) x4 [Verse 3]
D
Still as the sky on the ocean

F#m
Mute as the moon overhead

G
Me and Peter Balkan and you, friend

D                  A
Everybody else is dead

D
Turning where the rain won't reach us

F#m
Rise with the sun all alone

G
Be your own boss for the summer

D                         A
Just once before you're grown
[Chorus]
                     G    D/F#   Em7   A7
Sixteen on a fishing boat

                     G    D/F#   Em7   A7
Sixteen on a fishing boat

                     G    D/F#   Em7   A7
Sixteen on a fishing boat

                      D
We are learning to float
[Instrumental] (Bb C D) x16 End by strumming D once.