Rock The Boat - The Hues Corporation (Wally Holmes, 1974)
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME (UON) @ 106 BPM (3 Min. 11 Sec.) in 'D'.
Chords Used: (CAPO 1 to match Orig. in 'Eb') -
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G B-D-G -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
F#m/A - x 0 4 2 2 2 A A-C#-F#
A6 - x 0 2 2 2 2 A A-C#-E-F#
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Fs4 - x x 3 3 1 1 F A#-C-F
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E
Bm - x 2 4 4 3 2 B B-D-F#
A - x 0 2 2 2 0 A A-C#-E
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E B-E-G
F#m - 2 4 4 2 2 2 F# A-C#-F#
F# - 2 4 4 3 2 2 F# A#-C#-F#
F#7 - 2 4 2 3 2 2 F# A#-C#-E-F#
E9 - 0 2 0 1 0 2 E G#-B-D-E-F#
INTRO: [4 M]
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 …
|G |F#m/A A6 |G |F#m/A A6 |
So I'd
CHORUS #1: [10 M]
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|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… Said I'd
|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… to
|D |
rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by…
|G |
Rock the boat… Don't tip the boat o-ver…
|D |G |D |Fs4 C |
Rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by. Rock the boat…
VERSE #1: [14.75 M]
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|D |Bm |
Ev-er since our voy-age of love be-gan… your
|D A |Em |
touch has thrilled me like the rush of the wind,… and your
|F#m |Em |
arms have held me safe from roll-… ing seas… There's…
|F#m |Em |A |
al-… ways been a quiet place… to har-… bor you and me… Our
|D F#m |Bm F#7 |
love is like a ship on the o-… cean… we've been
3/4 4/4
|G D |E9 A |D |D |
sail-ing with a car-go full of… love and de-vo-… tion… So I'd
CHORUS #2: [10 M]
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|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… Said I'd
|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… to
|D |
rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by…
|G |
Rock the boat… Don't tip the boat o-ver…
|D |G |D |Fs4 C |
Rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by. Rock the boat…
VERSE #2: [14.75 M]
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|D |Bm |
Up to now we sailed through ev-'ry storm,… and I've
|D A |Em |
al-ways had your ten-der lips… to keep me warm… Oh, I
|F#m |Em |
need… to have the strength that flows… from you… Don't…
|F#m |Em |A |
let me drift a-way, my dear,… when love can see me through… Our
|D F#m |Bm F#7 |
love is like a ship on the o-… cean… we've been
3/4 4/4
|G D |E9 A |D |D |
sail-ing with a car-go full of… love and de-vo-… tion… So I'd
CHORUS #3: [12 M]
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|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… Said I'd
|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… So I'd
|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… Said I'd
|G |F#m/A A6 |
like to know… where… you got the no-… tion… to
|D |
rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by…
|G |
Rock the boat… Don't tip the boat o-ver…
|D |
Rock the boat… Don't rock the boat, ba-by…
|G |
Rock the boat… Don't tip the boat o-ver…
CODA: [18.5 M] 'Refrain' -
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|D |G |
Rock the boat… Ooh,… hoo, hoo… Rock the boat… Rock on… wit' cho' bad self…
|D |
Rock the boat… Rock on… wit' cho' bad self…
|G |
Rock the boat… Rock on… wit' cho' bad self…
|D |G |
Whoa, yeah,… a-whoa, yeah,… a-whoa, yeah, ba- by… a-whoa, yeah,…
[Rock the boat… Rock the boat…]
|D |G |D |G |
ba- by…
[Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat…]
|D |G |D |G |
Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat…
|D |G |D |G |
Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat… Rock the boat…
2/4
|NC D |
