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Jimmy Buffet - Somethin' 'Bout A Boat
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[Intro]
E
[Verse]
Somethin' 'bout a Aboat
Sittin' on the Esea
Out there in the Bwind
Floatin' on the Efree
Take you 'round the Aworld
Bring you back EhomeC#m  
Gives a man EhopeB  
Somethin' 'bout a Eboat
[Verse]
Somethin' 'bout an old guiAtar
And the way it still Esings
After all the smokey Bbars
And the broken Estrings
Played a million Asongs
Broke a lot of EheartsC#m  
Made some people EstarsB  
Somethin' 'bout an old Eguitar
[Chorus]
Ain't it crazy how Asomethin'
Seems like nothin' at Eall
Take a big old Broom
Make it seem so EsmallE7  
Seein' Awindows where Amthere are EwallsC#m  
Makes a whole lot of EsomethinBg
Out of nothin' at Eall
[Verse]
Somethin' 'bout your Adog
Sittin' by your Eside
If you had a bad Bday
She ain't gonna run and Ehide
Just a-waggin' that Atail
Grinnin' that EgrinC#m  
Somethin' 'bout my EdogB  
Makes her my best Efriend
[Chorus]
Ain't it crazy how Asomethin'
Seems like nothin' at Eall
Take a big old Broom
Make it seem so EsmallE7  
Seein' Awindows where Amthere are EwallsC#m  
Makes a whole lot of EsomethinBg
Out of nothin' at Eall
Makes a whole lot of EsomethinBg
Out of nothin' at Eall
[Outro]
Somethin' 'bout a Adog
Somethin' 'bout an old guiEtar
Somethin' 'bout a Bboat
That gives a man AhoBpeB  A  E  

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Somethin Bout A Boat

by Jimmy Buffett

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C#m

Jimmy Buffet - Somethin' 'Bout A Boat

------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro]

[Verse]

Somethin' 'bout a boat

Sittin' on the sea

Out there in the wind

Floatin' on the free

Take you 'round the world

E C#m

Bring you back home

E B

Gives a man hope

Somethin' 'bout a boat

[Verse]

Somethin' 'bout an old guitar

And the way it still sings

After all the smokey bars

And the broken strings

Played a million songs

E C#m

Broke a lot of hearts

E B

Made some people stars

Somethin' 'bout an old guitar

[Chorus]

Ain't it crazy how somethin'

Seems like nothin' at all

Take a big old room

E E7

Make it seem so small

A Am E C#m

Seein' windows where there are walls

E B

Makes a whole lot of something

Out of nothin' at all

[Verse]

Somethin' 'bout your dog

Sittin' by your side

If you had a bad day

She ain't gonna run and hide

Just a-waggin' that tail

E C#m

Grinnin' that grin

E B

Somethin' 'bout my dog

Makes her my best friend

[Chorus]

Ain't it crazy how somethin'

Seems like nothin' at all

Take a big old room

E E7

Make it seem so small

A Am E C#m

Seein' windows where there are walls

E B

Makes a whole lot of something

Out of nothin' at all

E B

Makes a whole lot of something

Out of nothin' at all

[Outro]

Somethin' 'bout a dog

Somethin' 'bout an old guitar

Somethin' 'bout a boat

A B B A E

That gives a man hope

About Somethin Bout A Boat Chords by Jimmy Buffett

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The chords for "Somethin Bout A Boat" show the original chord names (including A, E, B, C#m, E7, Am). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.