Levellers - The Boatman, аккорды

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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 10:45 SAT
From: [email protected] (Cooperacion Tecnica Sueca)
Subject: Tab: The Boatman by Levellers


The Boatman by The Levellers
>From the album Levelling the Land

intro:
e----------0--0--2--0--|
B-
---------0--0--0--0--|
G-
---------1--1--1--1--| x2
D-
--0-2----2--2--2--2--|
A
-2--------------------|
E-
---------------------|

riff:
e----------------------------------------------------------|
B-
---------------------------------------------------------|
G
-4---4-4-4-4-4-4---1--2--4----4---4-4-4-4-4-4---1---------|
D-
--------------------------------------------------4--2---|
A-
---------------------------------------------------------|
E-
---------------------------------------------------------|
(a second guitar plays a 
E
 chord under)

Bridge:
  
D
                 
E
e-2-----2--2---x----0--0---|
B
-3-----3--3---x----0--0---|
G
-2-----2--2---x----1--1---|x2
D
-0-----0--0---x----2--2---|
A-
------------------2--2---|
E-
------------------0--0---|

verses:
  
E
             
D
             
E
1.If I could chose the life I please then      I would be a boatman
2.If I could chose the life I please then      I would be a rover
3.Well I wish I could chose the life I please, I am not a   free man

RIFF once

  
E
     
D
         
E
1.On the canals and the rivers free no hasty words are    spoken
2.and if the roads was not for me      then I would chose another
3.Others rule my destiny but        my will is never   broken(to %)

RIFF once

  
Bm
    
A
1.My only law is the river breeze that takes me to the open seas
2.Mountains and the valleys deep where I would take this weary feet

  
E
        
D
            
E
1.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a boatman
2.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a rover

CODA:
RIFF once

  
Bm
          
A
 
Bm
                      
A
2.But these things are so hard for me  I cannot chose my own destiny-
  
Bm
          
A
        
E
    And all things that I want to see are so unclean

%:
RIFF

  
Bm
          
A
 
Bm
                      
A
3.I know some day I will be        everything that I dreamed I'd be
    
E
       
D
           
E
And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man

Playing order:
Intro
Riff x2
Bridge
Riff x2
Bridge
Riff x2
Verse 1
Riff x2
Verse 2
Riff x2
Bridge
riff x2
Coda
riff x3
verse 3 (incl %)
Then the % part again and repeat the last line after a riff once
riff once

Confusing? Well, I did my best. Comments or corrections to
[email protected]
Manuel Zanzi
UBV CHILE
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