{"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":2287867,"song":"Boatman","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2287867-boatman-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2287867?type=chord","rating":4.55926,"votes":9,"content":"BOATMAN by Livingston Taylor and Maggie Taylor\r\n\r\nGuitar capo 2\r\nD(9)    xxo23o\r\nG(9)    3xo2o3\r\nE7sus   o2o23o\r\nE7      o2o13o\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nHearts were exploding around us as[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nwe drifted south down the bay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]E7sus[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe gray up above and gray down below[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nleft us with nothing to say.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nSo we drifted along in silence[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\ntill the tickle of life trickled in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]               [ch]E7sus[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe were catching fire again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh boatman,  I am the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the mountain and   the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nOh   boatman, taker and giver,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nCan you deliver me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G(9)[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would forever run free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nYeah, we finally caught up with legends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nwe were walking along side by side.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]                   [ch]E7sus[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWe worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nthe long trail just wasn't that wide.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nThe water around us was freezing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D(9)[/ch]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nwe just laughed and threw ourselves in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]                       [ch]E7sus[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd although we were old, the sting of that cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]                [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\npumped up the feeling, here it is again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh boatman,  I am the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the mountain and   the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nOh   boatman, taker and giver,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nCan you deliver me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G(9)[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would forever run free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, I'm a message in a bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A/E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\ndrifting along on a deep blue sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWaiting for some foreign shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B/E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nready for something to be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nNo longer afraid of falling,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nwe cut the strings to the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]E7sus[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWe found lever ground and we put ourselves down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\namazing we all didn't die.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D(9)[/ch]\r\nWe took each moment as given,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nby second, by second they came.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]E7sus[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe ice and the sun and the thundering guns,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\ngood God I was finally sane.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh boatman,  I am the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the mountain and   the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nOh   boatman, taker and giver,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCan you deliver me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh   holy roller,  I am the river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7sus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am the mountain and   the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nOh   boatman, taker and giver,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G(9)[/ch]\r\nCan you deliver me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G(9)[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would forever run free.[/tab]","plain_text":"BOATMAN by Livingston Taylor and Maggie Taylor\n\nGuitar capo 2\nD(9)    xxo23o\nG(9)    3xo2o3\nE7sus   o2o23o\nE7      o2o13o\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE]\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["D","G","E7","D(9)","D/F#","G(9)","Bm7","E7sus","Em7","A7sus","A7","A","G/D","A/C#","B7","E","A/E","B","B/E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}