Boats To Build chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Intro:

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Verse:

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It's time, time for a change
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Cuz I'm tired, of that same old same
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same old words
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same old lines, same old tricks and the same old rhymes

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Days, precious days
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they roll in and out, just like waves
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Got boards to bend, planks to nail
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charts to make, and I got seas to sail


Chorus:

     F           G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
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It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
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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

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Songs of life, Songs of hope, songs to keep all your dreams afloat


Chorus:

     F           G
So I'll build me a boat with these two hands
      C    C/B     F  F Am
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm         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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Shores, distant shores
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That's a place, I'll be headed for

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Stars at night, to guide my way, started sail into the light of day


Chorus:

     F          G
I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
      C   C/B      F   F Am
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm         G     G
let the chips fall where they will
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(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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