Boats to Build chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

SimplifiedC · F · Em · Dm · G

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
It's  (C major) time
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C 
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 (F major) for a change  (C major)  (F major) 
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I'm  (C major) tired  (F major) of that same ol same
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Dm 
 (C major) The  (F major)  (E minor)  (D minor) same ol words
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the  (E minor) same ol lines
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The  (F major) same ol tricks and
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the same  (G major) ol rhymes

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Verse 2

Days precious days

Roll in and out like waves

I got boards to

bend I got planks to nail

I got charts to make I got seas to sail

Verse 3
F 
 (F major) I'm gonna build me a boat
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With  (G major) these two hands
C 
It'll be a  (C major) fair curve
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Em 
Dm 
From a noble  (F major) plan  (E minor)  (D minor) 
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Let the chips fall where  (G major) they will
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Cause I've got boats  (C major) to build
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C 
 (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 4
F 
 (F major) 
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G 
Sails  (C major)  (F major) are just like  (G major) wings
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G 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (F major) The wind  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) 
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C 
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Em 
can make em  (G major) sing  (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
 (D minor) Songs of life  (E minor) songs of hope
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G 
 (F major) Songs to keep your dream (G major) s afloat

Interlude 1

Verse 5
C 
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C 
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Shores  (C major)  (F major) distant  (G major) shores  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) 
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C 
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 (G major) There's where  (C major)  (G major)  (F major) I'm
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G 
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Em 
headed for  (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (E minor) 
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Em 
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 (D minor) Got the stars  (E minor) to guide my way  (F major) 
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Sail into the light  (G major) of day