Boatman by James Taylor Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Boatman guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Boatman by James Taylor using guitar or guitar.
This song by James Taylor can also be played by that instruments.
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Boatman guitar chords has rhythm and included in Hourglass (1997) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Boatman by James Taylor Guitar Chords


[VERSE 1]
[D(9)]Hearts were exploding around us as
we drifted sout[D/F#]h down the bay.[G(9)]
The g
Bm7
ray up above and gra
!
y down bel
E7
ow
Em7
left us with [D/F#]nothing to say.
!
A7

So we [D(9)]drifted along in silence
till the t[D/F#]ickle of life tr[G(9)]ickled in.
And the r
Bm7
hythm began in the
!
hiss of the s
E7
and,
Em7
we were catch[D/F#]ing fire again.
!
A

!

[G/D]Oh bo
D
atman,
G
I am the
D
river,
[G/D]I am the m
D
ountain
!
and
A
the
D
sea.
[G/D]Oh
D
boatman,
G
taker and
D
giver[A/C#],
Bm7
Can you deli
E7
ver m
Em7
e?[D/F#][G(9)]
[G(9)]I would for
A
ever run fre
D
e.[G/D]
D

[VERSE 2]
Yeah, [D(9)]we finally caught up with legends,
we were walking a[D/F#]long side by si[G(9)]de.
We wo

Bm7
rked out a plan to go
!
out hand in
E7
hand,
Em7
the long trail j[D/F#]ust wasn’t that
!
wide.
A7

The [D(9)]water around us was freezing,
we just [D(9)]laughed and [D/F#]threw ourselves[G(9)] in.
And
Bm7
although we were old, the
!
sting of that
E7
cold
Em7
pumped up the [D/F#]feeling, here it is
!
again.
A

!

[G/D]Oh bo
D
atman,
G
I am the
D
river,
[G/D]I am the m
D
ountain
!
and
A
the
D
sea.
[G/D]Oh
D
boatman,
G
taker and gi
D
ver,[A/C#]
Bm7
Can you deli
E7
ver m
Em7
e?[D/F#][G(9)]
[G(9)]I would for
A
ever run fre
D
e.[G/D]
D

!

Oh,
A
I’m a
B7
message
E
in a
A
bottle
A
drifting
B7
along on a
E
deep [A/E]blue
E
sea.
A
Waiting f
B
or some fore
E
ign
A
shore,
A
ready for [B/E]something t
A
o be.

[VERSE 3]
No [D(9)]longer afraid of falling,
we cut the [D/F#]strings to the [G(9)]sky.
We found

Bm7
lever ground and we
!
put ourselves
E7
down,
Em7
amazing we all [D/F#]didn’t
!
die.
A7

We [D(9)]took each moment as given,
by second, by [D/F#]second they [G(9)]came.
The
Bm7
ice and the sun and the
!
thundering
E7
guns,
Em7
good God I was [D/F#]finally
!
sane.
A

!

[G/D]Oh bo
D
atman,
G
I am the
D
river,
[G/D]I am the m
D
ountain
!
and
A
the
D
sea.
[G/D]Oh
D
boatman,
G
taker and gi
D
ver,[A/C#]
Bm7
Can you deli
E7
ver m
Em7
e?
!
A

[G/D]Oh
D
holy roller,
G
I am the
D
river,
[G/D]I am the m
D
ountain
!
and
A
the
D
sea.
[G/D]Oh
D
boatman,
G
taker and gi
D
ver,[A/C#]
Bm7
Can you deli
E7
ver m
Em7
e?[D/F#][G(9)]
[G(9)]I would for
A
ever run
D
free.

If you want to learn James Taylor Boatman guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Boatman. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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