Boat Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	4th fret

Author rapirapjose [a] 31,171.

3 contributors total, last edit on Sep 3, 2023

We have an official Boat tab made by UG professional guitarists.

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Chords

Em7

G/B

Cadd9

G/A

D/F#

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[Verse 1]
Em7               D  G/B
  Came in for the embers
Cadd9
 Stayed out for the breeze
          Em7                 D   G/B
I need to feel elements to remind me
Cadd9
 There's beauty when it's bleak
Em7          D          G/B
  Stuck out long before lights down
Cadd9                          Cadd9
 Why do I breathe? Oh, I know
 
 
[Chorus]
                G         D           C
The more that I love, the less that I feel
                 G      D          C
The times that I jumped never were real
                  G          D           Cadd9    Em7
They say that all scars will heal, but I know
D       C
Maybe I won't
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
 
 
[Verse 2]
Em7                    D  G/B
  Stones crash on the boardwalk
Cadd9
 The wind rush through the trees
                  Em7
I'll keep my eyes peeled
                     D  G/B
The memories always fall short
Cadd9
 Of what we could've been
Em7       D  G/B
  Let out long before last call
Cadd9
 What do I need? Oh, I know
 
 
[Chorus]
                G         D           C
The more that I love, the less that I feel
                 G      D          C
The times that I jumped never were real
                  G          D           Cadd9    Em7
They say that all scars will heal, but I know
D       C
Maybe I won't
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
 
 
[Chorus]
                G         D           Cadd9
The more that I love, the less that I feel
                 G      D          Cadd9
The times that I jumped never were real
                  G          D           Cadd9   Em7
They say that all scars will heal, but I know
D       C
Maybe I won't
        G     G/A   G/B   D/F#    Cadd9
But the waves won't break my boat
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3 comments

some of the lyrics are a little off, Came in for the embers Why do I breath Left out long before last call

He doesn't play it with a capo - certainly looking at all the videos of him playing it. If not, what would the chords change to? It sounds good here, but not sure it can be 100%.

In the line But the waves won't break my boat The second G is an Em. Also, the first verse is correct the second has different chords listed but I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the first verse.