WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jerry Jeff Walker - Boats To Build Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C F
C F
C F
[Verse]
C F C F
It's time, time for a change
C F C F F Am
Cuz I'm tired, of that same old same
Dm
same old words
Em F G
same old lines, same old tricks and the same old rhymes
C F C F
Days, precious days
C F C F F Am
they roll in and out, just like waves
Dm Em
Got boards to bend, planks to nail
F G
charts to make, and I got seas to sail
[Chorus]
F G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F F Am
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G G G
let the chips fall where they will
C F C F
cause I've got me boats to build
[Verse]
C F C F
Sails, are just like wings
C F C F F Am
When the wind blows, how it makes them sing
Dm Em F G
Songs of life, Songs of hope, songs to keep all your dreams afloat
[Chorus]
F G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F F Am
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G G G
let the chips fall where they will
C F C F
cause I've got me boats to build
[Verse]
C F C F
Shores, distant shores
C F C F F Am
That's a place, I'll be headed for
Dm Em F G
Stars at night, to guide my way, started sail into the light of day
[Chorus]
F G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
C C/B F F Am
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm G G
let the chips fall where they will
C F C F
(yeah!) I've got me boats to build
C F C F
yeah, I've got me dreams to fill
C F C F
Yeah, I've got me boats to build
C F C F
Let the winds take me where they will
[Outro]
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C F C F
End on F C