Boats Chords by Kenny Chesney
Tempo:
98.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [G] [C] [G]
[Am] [G] [C] [G]
Old Joe's got a [C] Boston waiter, [G]
he [Am] bought and [G] keep his game
[C] He [G]
swears that since the day [C] he got her, [G] she's been [Am] nothing but [G] a [C] pain
[Am] When the sun's at his back and the wind's in his [D] face
It's just [A] him and the [D] wheel
[Am]
He wouldn't [E] take a [Am] million for [D] the way it makes him [G] feel
Boats, [C] vessels [G] of freedom, [C] harbors [G] of healing
[D] [C] And boats, [G] [C] [G]
[Am] Newport where [G] John hung his hat
Till he [Am] lost his [G] wife Joan
[C] [G]
Now [Am] forty feet [G] of sail [C] and teak [G]
is where old John calls home
[Am]
He watched his life pass before his eyes [D] in the middle [A] of a [D] hurricane
Came [Am]
out in love on the other side, [D] that's where the other [A] side got [D] its name
[G]
Boats, [C] vessels [G] of freedom, [C] harbors [G] of healing
[D] And [C] boats, [G] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[G] twenty [Am] years of [G] a [C] landlocked job is all [A] the time it could take
[G] Sitting at [Am] his desk [G] alone and [C] depressed, [G] says this just [G] can't be my fate
[Am] Went [E] home that night and told his wife, [D] you can tell all your friends
[A] It's [E] been real but it ain't [Am] been fun, [D] gonna get us one of them
[C] And [G] boats, vessels of [G] [C] freedom, harbors [G] of healing
[D]
[C] And boats, [G] vessels of freedom
[D]
[C] And [G] boats
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A] [G]
[C] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A] [G]
[A] [Bm]
[C] [G] [Am]
[Am] [G] [C] [G]
Old Joe's got a [C] Boston waiter, [G]
he [Am] bought and [G] keep his game
[C] He [G]
swears that since the day [C] he got her, [G] she's been [Am] nothing but [G] a [C] pain
[Am] When the sun's at his back and the wind's in his [D] face
It's just [A] him and the [D] wheel
[Am]
He wouldn't [E] take a [Am] million for [D] the way it makes him [G] feel
Boats, [C] vessels [G] of freedom, [C] harbors [G] of healing
[D] [C] And boats, [G] [C] [G]
[Am] Newport where [G] John hung his hat
Till he [Am] lost his [G] wife Joan
[C] [G]
Now [Am] forty feet [G] of sail [C] and teak [G]
is where old John calls home
[Am]
He watched his life pass before his eyes [D] in the middle [A] of a [D] hurricane
Came [Am]
out in love on the other side, [D] that's where the other [A] side got [D] its name
[G]
Boats, [C] vessels [G] of freedom, [C] harbors [G] of healing
[D] And [C] boats, [G] [Am]
[Em] [Am]
[Em] [C]
[D]
[G] twenty [Am] years of [G] a [C] landlocked job is all [A] the time it could take
[G] Sitting at [Am] his desk [G] alone and [C] depressed, [G] says this just [G] can't be my fate
[Am] Went [E] home that night and told his wife, [D] you can tell all your friends
[A] It's [E] been real but it ain't [Am] been fun, [D] gonna get us one of them
[C] And [G] boats, vessels of [G] [C] freedom, harbors [G] of healing
[D]
[C] And boats, [G] vessels of freedom
[D]
[C] And [G] boats
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[A] [G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A]
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A] [G]
[C] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [A] [G]
[A] [Bm]
[C] [G] [Am]
Key:
G
C
Am
D
A
G
C
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
Old Joe's got a [C] Boston waiter, [G]
he [Am] bought and [G] keep his game
[C] He [G] _
_ swears that since the day [C] he got her, [G] she's been [Am] nothing but [G] a [C] pain
[Am] When the sun's at his back and the wind's in his [D] face
It's just [A] him and the [D] wheel
_ [Am]
He wouldn't [E] take a [Am] million for [D] the way it makes him _ _ [G] feel
Boats, _ _ [C] _ _ vessels [G] of freedom, _ [C] _ _ harbors [G] of healing
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] And boats, _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] Newport where [G] John hung his hat
Till he [Am] lost his [G] wife Joan
[C] _ _ [G]
Now [Am] forty feet [G] of sail [C] and teak [G]
is where old John calls home
[Am] _ _
He watched his life pass before his eyes [D] in the middle [A] of a [D] hurricane
Came _ _ [Am]
out in love on the other side, [D] that's where the other [A] side got [D] its _ name
[G]
Boats, _ _ [C] _ _ vessels [G] of freedom, _ [C] _ _ harbors [G] of _ healing
[D] _ _ And [C] boats, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] twenty [Am] years of [G] a [C] landlocked job is all [A] the time it could take
_ _ [G] Sitting at [Am] his desk [G] alone and [C] depressed, [G] says this just [G] can't be my fate
[Am] _ _ Went [E] home that night and told his wife, [D] you can tell all your friends
_ _ [A] It's [E] been real but it ain't [Am] been fun, [D] gonna get us one of them
[C] And _ [G] boats, _ _ _ _ vessels of [G] _ [C] freedom, _ _ _ harbors [G] of healing
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] And boats, _ _ _ _ [G] vessels of freedom
_ [D] _
_ _ [C] And [G] boats _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
Old Joe's got a [C] Boston waiter, [G]
he [Am] bought and [G] keep his game
[C] He [G] _
_ swears that since the day [C] he got her, [G] she's been [Am] nothing but [G] a [C] pain
[Am] When the sun's at his back and the wind's in his [D] face
It's just [A] him and the [D] wheel
_ [Am]
He wouldn't [E] take a [Am] million for [D] the way it makes him _ _ [G] feel
Boats, _ _ [C] _ _ vessels [G] of freedom, _ [C] _ _ harbors [G] of healing
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] And boats, _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] Newport where [G] John hung his hat
Till he [Am] lost his [G] wife Joan
[C] _ _ [G]
Now [Am] forty feet [G] of sail [C] and teak [G]
is where old John calls home
[Am] _ _
He watched his life pass before his eyes [D] in the middle [A] of a [D] hurricane
Came _ _ [Am]
out in love on the other side, [D] that's where the other [A] side got [D] its _ name
[G]
Boats, _ _ [C] _ _ vessels [G] of freedom, _ [C] _ _ harbors [G] of _ healing
[D] _ _ And [C] boats, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] twenty [Am] years of [G] a [C] landlocked job is all [A] the time it could take
_ _ [G] Sitting at [Am] his desk [G] alone and [C] depressed, [G] says this just [G] can't be my fate
[Am] _ _ Went [E] home that night and told his wife, [D] you can tell all your friends
_ _ [A] It's [E] been real but it ain't [Am] been fun, [D] gonna get us one of them
[C] And _ [G] boats, _ _ _ _ vessels of [G] _ [C] freedom, _ _ _ harbors [G] of healing
_ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] And boats, _ _ _ _ [G] vessels of freedom
_ [D] _
_ _ [C] And [G] boats _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _