Boats To Build chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

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Verse:

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It's time, time for a change
C majorC   FF    C majorC    FF   FF A minorAm
Cuz I'm tired, of that same old same
DmDm
same old words
E minorEm         FF             G+G
same old lines, same old tricks and the same old rhymes

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Days, precious days
        C majorC   FF  C majorC  FF  FF A minorAm
they roll in and out, just like waves
DmDm             E minorEm
Got boards to bend, planks to nail
   FF              G+G
charts to make, and I got seas to sail

Chorus:

     FF           G+G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
      C majorC    C/BC/B     FF  FF A minorAm
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
DmDm         G+G      G+G  G+G
let the chips fall where they will
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cause I've got me boats to build


Verse:

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Sails, are just like wings
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When the wind blows, how it makes them sing

DmDm       E minorEm      FF           G+G
Songs of life, Songs of hope, songs to keep all your dreams afloat


Chorus:

     FF           G+G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
      C majorC    C/BC/B     FF  FF A minorAm
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
DmDm         G+G      G+G  G+G
let the chips fall where they will
             C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF
cause I've got me boats to build

Verse:

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Shores, distant shores
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That's a place, I'll be headed for

DmDm       E minorEm      FF           G+G
Stars at night, to guide my way, started sail into the light of day


Chorus:

     FF          G+G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
      C majorC   C/BC/B      FF   FF A minorAm
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
DmDm         G+G     G+G
let the chips fall where they will
        C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF
(yeah!) I've got me boats to build
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yeah, I've got me dreams to fill
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Yeah, I've got me boats to build
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Let the winds take me where they will


Outro:

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End on FF C majorC