If I Had A Boat Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Golden, golden, golden river run

To the East then drop beneath the sun

And as the moon lies low and overhead

We're lost...

Em7 D G D

Em7 G Em7

Verse 1

Em7Burn slow, burning up theG back wall

Em7Long roads, where the city meeGts the sky

Em7Most days, most days stay theG sole same

Em7Please stay, for this fear it will noGt die

Chorus

 If I had a Cboat, I would saGil to you

 Hold you in my Darms, ask you tAmo be true

 Once I had a Cdream, it died lonGg before

 Now I'm pointed Dnorth, hoping Amfor the shore Em

Verse 2

Em7Down low, down amongst the Gthorn rows

Em7Weeds grow, through the lilies and the Gvine

Em7Birds play, try to find their Gown way

Em7Soft clay, on your feet and under Gmine

Chorus

 If I had a Cboat, I would saGil to you

 Hold you in my Darms, ask you tAmo be true

 Once I had a Cdream, it died lonGg before

 Now I'm pointed Dnorth, hoping Amfor the shore Em Em7

Bridge

 Splitting at the Cseams

 Heaving at the Gbrace

 Sheets all billoDwing

 The breaking of the Am7day

 Sea is not mCy friend

 And everyonGe conspires

 Still I choDose to swim

 Slip beneathAm7 the tide

 Once I had a Cdream

 Once I had a Ghope

 That was yesterDday

 Not so long aAm7go

 This is not the Cend

 This is just the Gworld

 Such a foolish Dthing

 Such an honest Am7girl

Chorus

 If I had a Cboat, I would saGil to you

 Hold you in my Darms, ask you tAmo be true

 Once I had a Cdream, it died lonGg before

 Now I'm pointed Dnorth, hoping Amfor the shore