{"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":767521,"song":"Boats","artist":"Kenny Chesney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11589931-boats-chords-by-kenny-chesney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/767521?type=chord","rating":4.59272,"votes":42,"content":"The basic chord pattern and strumming in the song is:\r\n\r\n  [[ch]G[/ch]]       [[ch]Am7[/ch]]      [[ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]        [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\n\r\n[tab][d-u-d]    [u-u-d]    [u-u-d]    [u-u-d-u][/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Verse 1)\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]    [[ch]Am7[/ch]]     [[ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]    [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nOl' Joe's got a Boston whaler[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]    [[ch]Am7[/ch]]   [[ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]    [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nhe bought in Key Biscane[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]    [[ch]Am7[/ch]]       [[ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]     [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nHe swears since the day he's got her[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]     [[ch]Am7[/ch]]    [[ch]B[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch]]   [[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nshe's been nothing but a pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nwhen the sun's at his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nand the winds in his face[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nit's just him and the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nhe wouldn't take a million for the[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nway it makes him feel[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]][[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nboats[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]][[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nvessels of freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]             [[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nharbors of heal-ing[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nboats[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 2 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)\r\n\r\nNewport is where John hung his hat\r\ntil he lost his wife Jo\r\nnow forty feet of sail antique\r\nis where Ol' John calls home\r\n[tab][[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nhe watched his life pass before his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nin the middle of a hurricane[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\ncame out alive on the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nthat's where \"the other side\" got its name[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n(solo)\r\n\r\n(Verse 3 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)\r\n\r\nTwenty years of a landlocked job\r\nwas all that tom could take\r\nsitting at his desk\r\nall alone and depressed\r\nsays this just cant be my fate\r\n[tab][[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nwent home that night and told his wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nyou can tell all your friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]Am[/ch]]\r\nit's been real but it ain't been fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]D[/ch]]\r\ngonna get us one of them[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n(Ending)\r\n\r\n[tab][[ch]G[/ch]]              [[ch]D[/ch]]\r\nvessels of freed-om[/tab]\r\n[tab][[ch]C[/ch]]\r\nboats[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is my first tab. Sounds close to me. Enjoy","plain_text":"The basic chord pattern and strumming in the song is:\n\n  [G]       [Am7]      [B/D]        [C]\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 1)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 2 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)\n\nNewport is where John hung his hat\ntil he lost his wife Jo\nnow forty feet of sail antique\nis where Ol' John calls home\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)\n\n(solo)\n\n(Verse 3 - same chords and strumming as beginning here)\n\nTwenty years of a landlocked job\nwas all that tom could take\nsitting at his desk\nall alone and depressed\nsays this just cant be my fate\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)\n\n(Ending)\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is my first tab. Sounds close to me. Enjoy","chords":["G","Am7","B","D","C","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}