Longer Boats

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Longer Boats chords
Cat Stevens * 1970
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/cat-stevens/longer-boats
G C G
Longer boats are coming to win us
C G C G C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us
G C G C
Longer boats are coming to win us
G C G D C G
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
GC
6x
G C G
Longer boats are coming to win us
C G C G C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us
G C G C
Longer boats are coming to win us
G C G D C G
(G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
D
I don t want no God on my lawn
G D G C G
Just a flower I can help along
D
cause the soul of no body knows
G D C Em A C Em A
How a flower grows... oh how a flower grows.
G C G
Longer boats are coming to win us
C G C G C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us
G C G C
Longer boats are coming to win us
G C G D C G
(G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
G D
Mary dropped her pants by the sand
G D G C G
And let a parson come and take her hand
G D
But the soul of no body knows
G D C Em A C Em A
Where the parson goes, where does the parson go?
GCG
( 4x)
G C G
Longer boats are coming to win us
C G C G C
They re coming to win us, they re coming to win us
G C G C
Longer boats are coming to win us
G C G D C G GCG
( 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
* Alternates:
Capo III
G E
=
C A
=
D B
=
Em C#m
=
A F#
=
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G D
=
C G
=
D A
=
Em Bm
=
A E
=
G A
=
C D
=
D E
=
Em F#m
=
A B
=
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Longer Boats chords and lyrics

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Longer Boats chords
Cat Stevens *  1970   
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/cat-stevens/longer-boats
G C 6x
(G C G 4x)
* Alternates:
Capo III
G  = E
C  = A
D  = B
Em = C#m
A  = F#
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G  = D
C  = G
D  = A
Em = Bm
A  = E
G  = A
C  = D
D  = E
Em = F#m
A  = B
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Longer Boats Chords by Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

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Longer Boats Chords · Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)