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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 10:45 SAT
From: ubvchile@reuna.cl (Cooperacion Tecnica Sueca)
Subject: Tab: The Boatman by Levellers
The Boatman by The Levellers
>From the album Levelling the Land
intro:
e----------0--0--2--0--
B----------0--0--0--0--
G----------1--1--1--1-- x2
D---0-2----2--2--2--2--
A-2--------------------
E----------------------
riff:
e----------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------
G-4---4-4-4-4-4-4---1--2--4----4---4-4-4-4-4-4---1---------
D---------------------------------------------------4--2---
A----------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
(a second guitar plays a E chord under)
Bridge:
D E
e-2-----2--2---x----0--0---
B-3-----3--3---x----0--0---
G-2-----2--2---x----1--1---x2
D-0-----0--0---x----2--2---
A-------------------2--2---
E-------------------0--0---
verses:
E D E
1.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a boatman
2.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a rover
3.Well I wish I could chose the life I please, I am not a free man
RIFF once
E D E
1.On the canals and the rivers free no hasty words are spoken
2.and if the roads was not for me then I would chose another
3.Others rule my destiny but my will is never broken(to %)
RIFF once
Bm A
1.My only law is the river breeze that takes me to the open seas
2.Mountains and the valleys deep where I would take this weary feet
E D E
1.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a boatman
2.If I could chose the life I please then I would be a rover
CODA:
RIFF once
Bm A Bm A
2.But these things are so hard for me I cannot chose my own destiny-
Bm A E
And all things that I want to see are so unclean
%:
RIFF
Bm A Bm A
3.I know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be
E D E
And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man
Playing order:
Intro
Riff x2
Bridge
Riff x2
Bridge
Riff x2
Verse 1
Riff x2
Verse 2
Riff x2
Bridge
riff x2
Coda
riff x3
verse 3 (incl %)
Then the % part again and repeat the last line after a riff once
riff once
Confusing? Well, I did my best. Comments or corrections to
ubvchile@reuna.cl
Manuel Zanzi
UBV CHILE
ubvchile@reuna.cl
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