{"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":2494428,"song":"Dance Boatman Dance","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508000-dance-boatman-dance-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2494428?type=chord","rating":4.46502,"votes":5,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boatman dance, the boatman sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boatman do ‘most anything,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the boatman get on shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe spends his cash and works for more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance all night till the broad daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo home with the gals in the morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe boatman is a thrifty man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere’s none can do as the boatman can.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI never saw a pretty girl in my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut that she was a boatman’s wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance all night till the broad daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo home with the gals in the morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI went on board the other day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo see what the boatman had to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there I let my passion loose;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey crammed me in the calaboose.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance all night till the broad daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo home with the gals in the morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen you go to the boatman’s ball,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance with your wife or not at all.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSky-blue jacket, tarpaulin hat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook out, boys, for the nine-tailed cat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance all night till the broad daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo home with the gals in the morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the boatman blows his horn,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook out, old man, your daughter’s gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe stole my sheep, he stole my goat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe put ’em in a bag and took ’em to the boat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance, boatman, dance, dance, boatman, dance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDance all night till the broad daylight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo home with the gals in the morning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHi, ho, the boatman row,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSailing down the river on the Ohio.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}