{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1678174,"song":"The Boatman","artist":"Levellers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351045-the-boatman-chords-by-levellers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1678174?type=chord","rating":4.72859,"votes":64,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn the canals and the rivers free no hasty words are spoken[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy only law is the river breeze that takes me to the open seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd if the roads was not for me then I would choose another[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMountains and the valleys deep where I would take this weary feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut these things are so hard for me, I cannot choose my own destiny[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all things that I want to see are so unclean[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I wish I could choose the life I please, I am not a free man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOthers rule my destiny but my will is never broken[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["E","D","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}