The Boatmans Call Chords

Capo 8th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

F

 I don't believe in an interventionist CGod G/B C F C

 But I know, darling, that you Cdo G/B C F C

 But if I did I would kneel down and Cask Him G/B C F C

 Not to intervene when it came to Cyou

 Not to touch a hair on your hFead

 To leave you as you aDmre

 And if He fGelt He had to direct you

Then direct you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms

And I don't believe in the existence of angels

But looking at you I wonder if that's true

But if I did I would summon them together

And ask them to watch over you

To each burn a candle for you

To make bright and clear your path

And to walk, like Christ, in grace and love

And guide you into my arms

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms

And I believe in Love

And I know that you do too

And I believe in some kind of path

That we can walk down, me and you

So keep your candles burning

And make her journey bright and pure

That she will keep returning

Always and evermore

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms, O Lord

Into my arms

2. Lime-Tree Arbour

 TheAm boatman calls from the lake

 A lFone loon dives Gupon the water

 I pAmut my hand over hers

 DowFn in the lime-tGree arbouCr

 TheAm wind in the trees is whispering

 WhiFspering low that I Glove her

 SheAm puts her hand over mine

 DowFn in the lime-tree Garbour C

Chorus

  ThGrough every breath that I breathe

  AnAmd every place I go F

  ThFmere is a hand tChat protecAmts me

  AnFd I do loveG her so C

Repeat the same chords through the

others lyrics and chorus

3. People Ain't No Good

Intro

C G F

 People just C ain't no good G F

I think that's well understood

You can see it everywhere you look

 People just ain't no G good

 People they C ain't G no G good

 To our C love send a dozen white F lilies

4. Brompton Oratory

  C Up those stone A steps I climb

  F Hail this joyful G day¥s return

  C Into its great shadowed A vault I go

  A♯ Hail the Pente F costal G morn

and so it goes...

5. There Is A Kingdom

Intro

C Fm C Fm

D♯ G♯ D♯ G♯

Verse

(same as intro)

  CJust like a biFmrd that sings up theC sun

  In a Fmdawn so very dD♯ark

  Such is my lG♯ove for you

  D♯Such is my lG♯ove

Chorus

C♯ There iG♯s a kingdom

  TC♯here is a kG♯ing

The bridge, I don't know exactly, but just play around in F minor.

6. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For?

 (a)I've felt you coming girl, C as you drew near

  F I knew you'd find me, cause I C longed you here

  F Are you my destiny? Is this C how you'll appear?

  W A♯ rapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?

  G Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor

 Are (d)you the C one that A♯ I've been F waiting for?(a)

 O we will G know, won't we?

  F The sta G rs will explode (a)in the sky

 But they G don't, do they?

  F Stars have their G moment and then they (a)die

7. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere?

 I rGmemember a girl Cmso very well

 TheGm carnival drum alFl mad in the air

 GriGmm reapers and skeletons and Dma missionary bell

 O wA♯here do we go now butF nowhere

 In Gma colonial hotel Cmwe fucked up the sun

 AndGm then we fucked iFt down again

 WelGml the sun goes upDm and the sun goes down

 GoiA♯ng round and around but Fnowhere

 TheGm kitten that padded Cmand purred on my lap

 NowGm swipes at my face wFith the paw of a bear

 I tGmurn the other cheek anDmd you lay into that

 O wA♯here do we go now Fbut nowhere

Chorus

  D♯O wake up my love my lover Fwake up

  D♯O wake up my love my lover Fwake up

And so on with the other verses and chorus...

8. West Country Girl

Intro

A

(a)With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped face

Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass

She¥s got a house-big heart where we all live

  F and plead and council E and forgive

9. Black Hair

Intro

F/G a few times

  F Last night my G kisses were banked in F black hair G

  F And in my bed, my G lover, her hair was midnight F black G

  C And all her (e)mystery dwelled within her (a)black hair F

  F And her black hair G framed A happy

 face G

  F Today she took A G train to the C West A

AmThey're taking me down my friend G

Amand as they usher me off to my end G

 will I bid you adieu? D C

 Or be seeing you soon? D C

 If what they say round here is true Am

 thGen we'll meet again

 me and you. D

11. Far From Me

Chorus 1

Fyou Gwere my mad little lover

Fin a woGrld where everybody fucks everybody else over

 youDm are so far fromG me

 so Dmfar from me G

Cfar from me

(For other choruses)

Dmso far from me G

Dmso far from me G

Emway across some cold, neFurotic sea G