Old Fat Boat chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:

        FF     C majorC
Here I am, man, all alone again

     G+G          C majorC
Anchored aweigh, the hell and gone again

    FF         C majorC
Another mile from another town

  G+G          C majorC
The wind north-east, the rain coming down

FF          C majorC
Home is the sailor, home from the sea

     G+G                 C majorC
Leave the home for the mildew, friend to the flea

Chorus 1:

    G+G       C majorC
I don't care, man, I'm happy

     FF          C majorC
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome

G+G           C majorC
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom

FF            C majorC
I love her well and she must love me

   G+G           C majorC
But I think it's only for my money

Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse:

     FF       C majorC
No more tobacco, no more cheese

  G+G           C majorC
I'm sprung in the back and lame in the knees

    FF           C majorC
It's a damned good thing I'm easy to please

      G+G          C majorC
There ain't nothing in town on a Sunday

Chorus 1:

    G+G       C majorC
I don't care, man, I'm happy

     FF          C majorC
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome

G+G           C majorC
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom

FF            C majorC
I love her well and she must love me

   G+G           C majorC
But I think it's only for my money

Chorus 2:

   FF             C majorC
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

    FF             C majorC
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse:

    FF       C majorC
Oh, but I got milk and I got ice

     G+G             C majorC
A augmentedA little home-made bread, a little old, but nice

FF          C majorC
Everybody puts their cooking hat on

     G+G               C majorC
When you tell 'em you're leaving in the morning

Chorus 1:

    G+G       C majorC
I don't care, man, I'm happy

     FF          C majorC
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome

G+G           C majorC
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom

FF            C majorC
I love her well and she must love me

   G+G           C majorC
But I think it's only for my money

Chorus 2:

   FF             C majorC
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

    FF             C majorC
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse:

     FF       C majorC
You know, I got coffee, I got tea

G+G            C majorC
I got the beans and the beans got me

FF        C majorC
I got tuna fish, I got rum

    G+G         C majorC
I got a two-pound splinter in my thumb

Bridge:

    FF          C majorC
So I'll take my toddy and my vitamin C majorC

    DmDm        G+G
And the radio for my company

                  C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
Oh, me, I got the hydrogen peroxide blues

Chorus 1:

    G+G       C majorC
I don't care, man, I'm happy

     FF          C majorC
I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome

G+G           C majorC
Hard in the chine and soft in the transom

FF            C majorC
I love her well and she must love me

   G+G           C majorC
But I think it's only for my money

Chorus 2:

   FF             C majorC
And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

    FF             C majorC
Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going

   G+G         C majorC
But I come damn tired of rowing

Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
FF C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse:

   FF        C majorC
Well mercy, mercy, I do declare

  G+G              C majorC
If half the fun of going is the getting there

FF         C majorC
Mercy, Percy, you better start rowing

      G+G               C majorC
'Cause the other half of getting there is going