Chords for Kristin Andreassen "The Boat Song (Gondolier)"

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[F] _ When I was a girl, I wished I [G] was a boy I [Bb] had a dog, [F] I wished it was a horse
We lived by the freeway, I [G] thought it was the ocean
[Bb] Sounded like a seashell in [F] my sleep in the night
I would go riding, [G] and I would go sailing [Dm] All the while bouncing [F] upon the wall
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And I was a gondolier [G] pushing through Venice [Bb] I was a tour guide of my own [F] heart's desires
Over there I'm a painter, over [G] there I'm a builder
Over [Bb] there I'm a cab driver who knows [F] every street
But I [Dm] can't find the bridge, or [Am] is it a ferry?
Some [C] way to cross over, some [F] way to connect No man is an island, but [G] most of us choose one
There are [F] islands for bakers and bankers and thieves
And you row, and [Bb] row, and row your boat on down the [C] baby river
_ [F] Row it [Bb] all so gently [G] as though life were [C] but a dream
For some [F] reason my dreams are [G] all about water It [Dm] replaces the concrete, I can [F] breathe it like air
Perhaps in a past life I was [G] a great swimmer Or maybe [Dm] in this life I'm destined [F] to drown
I'm destined [Dm] to choose, it's been [Am] foretold Sure enough [C] as I've chosen my destiny [F] is unfolding _
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_ [F] _ _ _ Oh, you row, and row, and row your [G] boat on down the [C] baby river
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Row it [Bb] all so gently [G] as though life were but a [C] dream
[Bb] But oh, [F] I know [G] that dreaming [C] is not living [F] So many lives there [Bb] are to land upon
[G] The dreams just [C] flow between _ _
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Oh, when I'm an old man I wish [G] I was a girl I will wish I had parents, I'm [F] sure that it's true
I would like a tour then my own [G] heart's desires So [Bb] many so varied, all [F] softened with time
No man is an island, but [G] most of us choose one There are [F] islands for hustlers, mothers and kings
But the [Dm] fearless explorers [A] find secret passageways Through [C] melting obstacles moving [F] up and down the stream
_ Sail and look out for the rocks, lean into the [G] wind [D] Look into your heart, [F] look out for your friends
Hold fast to the oars, [G] maybe wait for the full moon [Dm] Look up at the sky, look [F] down at your hand _
_ And row, and row, and [Bb] row your boat on [G] down the baby [C] river
[F] Row it all [Bb] so gently as [G] though life were but [C] a dream
[Bb] But oh, I [F] know [G] that dreaming [C] is not living So [F] many dreams each night to [Bb] lie upon
[G] One life between [C] the dreams _ _
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