A Boat Lies Waiting tab by David Gilmour

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

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

Key: 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

 (G)   (D) (G)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------4--2--2-0-|
D|-------5--4-(4)--| Fig 1:
A|---5--(5--5--5)--|
E|-3---------------|

  (C) (G)(D) (G)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-------4--2--2-0-|
D|---2---5--4-(4)--| Fig 2:
A|-3----(7--7--7)--|
E|-----------------|

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|-----------------|
B|-------0--------0|
G|---------2---2---|
D|---2-------0-----|
A|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|

Playing G Fig 1: and Cmaj7 Fig 2: chords over the figures works best with vocals.


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

e|------------|-----(3)----|------(10)--|------------|------------|------(10)--|----------------|
B|(0)---------|--------(3)-|---------8--|/3-/15------|-(3)-----(3)|---------13-|\12\10\8/10/3---|
G|(0)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
D|(2)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
A|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|

e|-(3)--------|(12)--------|-(10)-------|------------|------------|-(10)-------|------15--------|
B|----(3)-----|-----5-/8/13|-\--12---\10|\8--5-------|-3/5\3-(5-3)|--8/10/12/15|----------------|
G|------------|------------|------------|(4)---------|------------|(4)---------|----------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|(5)---------|------------|------------|----------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|----------------|

e|-----15--14/15\14/12-12\10-10---|--------(10)|------------|14/15-15----|12------10--|---------|
B|(8)---------|-------------------|------(8)-13|\17---------|------------|------------|---------|
G|------------|-------------------|---(0)------|------------|------------|------------|--(0)----|
D|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------(2)---|------------|---------|
A|------------|-------------------|(3)---------|------------|------------|------------|---------|
E|------------|-------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------|

e|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------| then Fig 1:x4 Fig 2:x4 Fig 1:x4 Fig 2:x4 Fig 1:x2
A|------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|

Vocals:

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

G
Something I never knew,
In silence I'd hear you,
   Cmaj7
And a boat lies waiting,
Still your clouds all flaming,
G
That old time easy feeling.

   Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
Now I'm drifting through without you,
    G
In this sad barcarolle.

   Cmaj7
What I lost was an ocean,
And I'm rolling right behind you,
    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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