Boats To Build Chords by Guy Clark

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[C] _ _ Well [G] _ _ _ _
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it's time [F] for [C] a change _ I'm tired of that same old same
[G] Same old [C] words, [G] the same old [Gm] lines The same old tricks [G] and the same old _ [C] rhymes
Precious days, [F] precious days _ [C] They roll _ in and [F] out like waves
[G] I got boards to bend [Am] I got planks to nail
[Bb] I got charts to make [G] I got seas to sail
[F] I'm gonna build me a boat [G] These two hands of [C] mine
They're a curve [F] from a noble [Am] man [Dm] _ Let ships [G] haul where they will
Cause I [C] got boats to build I [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ sail [F] just like [C] winds
And the wind can make them sing [G] Songs of life, [Am] songs of hope
[Bb] Songs that keep [G] your dreams afloat [F] I'm gonna build me a boat
[G] These two hands that [C] live They're a curve [F] from a noble man
[Dm] _ Let ships [G] haul where they will Cause I _ [C] got boats to build _ _ _ _
My shore, _ [Fm] distant shore _
_ [C] _ _ There's where I'm headed for
_ [G] _ I got [C] stars to [G] guide [A] my way [Bb] Sailing to the [G] light of day
[F] I'm gonna build me a boat [G] These two hands that [C] live
They're a curve [F] from a noble man [G] _ [Dm] Let ships haul [G] where they will
Cause _ I'm [F] gonna build me a boat _ [G] These two hands [C] that live
_ They're a curve from [F] a noble man _ [Dm] Let ships haul [G] where they will
Cause I got [C] boats to build
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