#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 10:45 SAT From: [email protected] (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 [email protected] Manuel Zanzi UBV CHILE [email protected]
