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Longer Boats chords
Cat Stevens * 1970
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GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win us
CThey re Gcoming to win us, Cthey re Gcoming to win usC  
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win usC  
GHold on to Cthe GshoreD, they ll be Ctaking the key from the Gdoor.
G   C6x
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win us
CThey re Gcoming to win us, Cthey re Gcoming to win usC  
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win usC  
G   C   G   D   C   G(G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
I don t want no God on my Dlawn
Just a GflowDer I can Ghelp aClongG  
cause the soul of no body Dknows
How a GflowDer CgrowsEm... Aoh how a CfloEmwer Agrows.
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win us
CThey re Gcoming to win us, Cthey re Gcoming to win usC  
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win usC  
G   C   G   D   C   G(G/C/G 4x)
Hold on to the shore, they ll be taking the key from the door.
GMary dropped her pants by the Dsand
And let a GparDson come and Gtake her ChaGnd
But the Gsoul of no body Dknows
Where the GparDson CgoeEms, Awhere does the CparEmson Ago?
( G   C   G4x)
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win us
CThey re Gcoming to win us, Cthey re Gcoming to win usC  
GLonger boats Care Gcoming to win usC  
G   C   G   D   C   G( G   C   G4x)
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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