Chord/Tab song: The Boatman

Member Name: the edge
Real Name: Alan Kells
E-mail: [email protected]

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:
1.[E]If I could cho[D]se the life I [E]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

1.[E]On the[D] canals an[E]d 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

1.[Bm]My onl[A]y 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

1.[E]If I coul[D]d chose the l[E]ife 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

2.[Bm]But these th[A]in[Bm]gs are so hard for me I[A] cannot chose my own destiny-
[Bm] And all th[A]ings that[E] I want to see are so unclean

%:
RIFF

3.[Bm]I know some [A]da[Bm]y I will be every[A]thing that I dreamed I'd be
And [E]when I'v[D]e lived the [E]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