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A Boat Lies Waiting tab by David Gilmour

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramG+G

Difficulty: Novice

Chord diagramA augmentedA Boat Lies Waiting - written and performed by David Gilmour
Lyrics : Polly Samson
From album - Rattle That Lock (2015)

Key: Chord diagramG+G
Tempo: 74 bpm

Notes:
The backing of the vocals is two piano figures (approximated in tab below). Leave out the ( )
notes and you can play a version on guitar with implied chords are given at top

  (Chord diagramG+G)      (Chord diagramD MajorD)  (Chord diagramG+G)
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------4--2--2-0-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------5--4-(4)--| Fig 1:
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---5--(5--5--5)--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3---------------|

   (Chord diagramC majorC)  (Chord diagramG+G)(Chord diagramD MajorD)  (Chord diagramG+G)
e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-------4--2--2-0-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2---5--4-(4)--| Fig 2:
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3----(7--7--7)--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

The entire track after the intro is Fig 1:x4 then Fig 2:x4 repeated except
for a transition bar which occurs changing from Fig 2: to Fig 1:
(ie as the 4th bar of a Fig 2: four bar sequence...

e|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------0--------0|
Chord diagramG+G|---------2---2---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---2-------0-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-3---------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|

Playing Chord diagramG+G Fig 1: and Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Fig 2: chords over the figures works best with vocals.


Intro:
Slide guitar... /
Piano... ( )

e|------------|-----(3)----|------(10)--|------------|------------|------(10)--|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|(0)---------|--------(3)-|---------8--|/3-/15------|-(3)-----(3)|---------13-|\12\10\8/10/3---|
Chord diagramG+G|(0)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|(2)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|

e|-(3)--------|(12)--------|-(10)-------|------------|------------|-(10)-------|------15--------|
Chord diagramBB|----(3)-----|-----5-/8/13|-\--12---\10|\8--5-------|-3/5\3-(5-3)|--8/10/12/15|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|------------|------------|(4)---------|------------|(4)---------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------|------------|------------|(5)---------|------------|------------|----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|

e|-----15--14/15\14/12-12\10-10---|--------(10)|------------|14/15-15----|12------10--|---------|
Chord diagramBB|(8)---------|-------------------|------(8)-13|\17---------|------------|------------|---------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|-------------------|---(0)------|------------|------------|------------|--(0)----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------(2)---|------------|---------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------|-------------------|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|

e|------------|------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------|------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------------|------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------|------------| then Fig 1:x4  Fig 2:x4  Fig 1:x4  Fig 2:x4 Fig 1:x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------|------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------|------------|

Vocals:

Fig 1:x 2
Its like going into the sea, there's nothing,

Chord diagramG+G
Something I never knew,
In silence I'd hear you,
      Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
And a boat lies waiting,
Still your clouds all flaming,
Chord diagramG+G
That old time easy feeling.

      Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
Now I'm drifting through without you,
        Chord diagramG+G
In this sad barcarolle.

      Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
And I'm rolling right behind you,
        Chord diagramG+G
In this sad barcarolle.

It rocks you like a cradle,
It rocks you to the core,
You'll sleep like a baby,
As it knocks at death's door.

Fig 2:x4  Fig 1:x4 ...fade.


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  /    Slide up
  \    Slide down
  ( )  Generally indicates piano note

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