SONG: I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
ARTIST: OLD DOMINION
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nLVZkMHyOAA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
NOTE: I prefer to play this song without a capo and using barre chords
as it sounds best played that way to the record. However, I have
included a version with capo as well to make it easier to play.
Please keep that in mind when playing and rating this tab.
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
OLD DOMINION
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CAPO: 4th FRET
INTRO:
Yeah, one, two, one, two, three
BC#mBC#mVERSE:
B
I remember it like it was yesterday
C#m
`Cause it was
B
And I was letting the sun and the rum
C#m
Just do what it does
PRE-CHORUS:
D#m
I threw my phone in the water
D#m
Little push off the dock
E
She was packing her bags
F#
I was popping a top
CHORUS:
B
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
C#m
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
B
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
C#m
I can`t say
B
I was on a boat that day
B
The river was rolling
B
I was getting my float on
C#m
She was telling me so long
C#mB
I was already so long gone
C#m
Hey, hey
VERSE:
B
She could`ve been halfway to Houston,
C#m
But I didn`t care
B
I was drunk as a skunk eating lunch
C#m
With a cross-eyed bear
You been there
PRE-CHORUS:
D#m
She was looking for something, better than me
E
I was looking for nothing
F#
Just riding the breeze
CHORUS:
B
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
C#m
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
B
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
C#m
I can`t say
B
I was on a boat that day
B
The river was rolling
B
I was getting my float on
C#m
She was telling me so long
C#mB
I was already so long gone
BC#mB
Da da da da da da da da da da hey hey hey
BC#m
Da da da da da da da da da da
BREAK:
B
I remember it like it was yesterday
C#m
`Cause it was
C#m
And I still got a buzz
CHORUS:
B
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
C#m
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
B
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
C#m
I can`t say
B
I was on a boat that day
B
The river was rolling
B
I was getting my float on
C#m
She was telling me so long
C#mB
I was on a boat that day
B
The river was rolling
B
I was getting my float on
C#m
She was telling me so long
C#mB
I was on a boat that day
OUTRO:BC#m
Da da da da da da da da da da
Uh hey hey hey (Uh hey hey hey)
C#mB
I was on a boat that day
BC#mB
Da da da da da da da da da da
Uh hey hey hey
================================ CAPO: 4th FRET ===============================
SONG: I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
ARTIST: OLD DOMINION
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nLVZkMHyOAA
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
NOTE: I prefer to play this song without a capo as it sounds best
played that way to the record. However, I have included this
version with capo as well to make it easier to play.
Please keep that in mind when playing and rating this tab.
I WAS ON A BOAT THAT DAY
OLD DOMINION
CAPO: 4th FRET
INTRO:
Yeah, one, two, one, two, three
GAmGAmVERSE:
G
I remember it like it was yesterday
Am
`Cause it was
G
And I was letting the sun and the rum
Am
Just do what it does
PRE-CHORUS:
Bm
I threw my phone in the water
Bm
Little push off the dock
C
She was packing her bags
D
I was popping a top
CHORUS:
G
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
Am
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
G
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
Am
I can`t say
G
I was on a boat that day
G
The river was rolling
G
I was getting my float on
Am
She was telling me so long
AmG
I was already so long gone
Am
Hey, hey
VERSE:
G
She could`ve been halfway to Houston,
Am
But I didn`t care
G
I was drunk as a skunk eating lunch
Am
With a cross-eyed bear
You been there
PRE-CHORUS:
Bm
She was looking for something, better than me
C
I was looking for nothing
D
Just riding the breeze
CHORUS:
G
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
Am
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
G
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
Am
I can`t say
G
I was on a boat that day
G
The river was rolling
G
I was getting my float on
Am
She was telling me so long
AmG
I was already so long gone
GAmG
Da da da da da da da da da da hey hey hey
GAm
Da da da da da da da da da da
BREAK:
G
I remember it like it was yesterday
Am
`Cause it was
Am
And I still got a buzz
CHORUS:
G
Is she gone for the summer, gone for the night
Am
Gone for the weekend or the rest of my life
G
Was she laughing, was she crying as she walked away
Am
I can`t say
G
I was on a boat that day
G
The river was rolling
G
I was getting my float on
Am
She was telling me so long
AmG
I was on a boat that day
G
The river was rolling
G
I was getting my float on
Am
She was telling me so long
AmG
I was on a boat that day
OUTRO:GAm
Da da da da da da da da da da
Uh hey hey hey (Uh hey hey hey)
AmG
I was on a boat that day
GAmG
Da da da da da da da da da da
Uh hey hey hey
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