The Boatman

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Date: Mon, 8 Apr 96 10:45 SAT
From: * (Cooperacion Tecnica Sueca)


>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--
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------

e|-------------------------| 
B|-------------------------| 
G|-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
* 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
* if the roads was not for me      
then I would chose another
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* 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
* 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               
* these things are so hard for me
       A
  I cannot chose my own destiny-
  Bm          A        E
    And all things that I want to 
see are so unclean

%:
RIFF

  Bm          A Bm               
3.I know some day I will be      
       A
  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
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Manuel Zanzi
UBV CHILE
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