Building A Boat
- Matt Mays & El Torpedo
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Orig: auto ·
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Chords Used
A D E
{tab: e|-------0-|}
B|-2--3--0-|
G|-2--2--1-|
D|-2--0--2-|
A|-0-----2-|
{tab: E|-------0-|}
Main Riff
So this is the main riff that was submitted credit to UG by SteveDegen & guitarbass13.
If you are going to jam this with a band, or your unskilled like me the A power chord is fine.
Chords+Lyrics for a barn burner of a song
A
{tab: e|---------------------------------------------|}
{tab: B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3p2-----|}
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4p2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4p2-|
{tab: D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|}
{tab: A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|}
{tab: E|---------------------------------------------|}
A + Riff X 4
A + Riff
Oh I'm Building a boat to get me out of town
A
So I'm cutting big tall trees down to the ground
A
I'm gonna cut em up into bends
With a couple of my friends
We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring, yeah
A + Riff X 4
A
Oh I'll handmake all the sails blocks and winches
A
Fasten down the hatches with big brass hinges
A
And on the deck there will be teak
A
and it'll never ever leak
A
We're gonna have her going so fast by the spring
chours
D A + Riff
I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champange across her bow
E
And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,
D
It's just a matter of time
Riff after the Chorus
{tab: e|---------------------------------|}
{tab: B|---------------------------------|}
{tab: G|---------------------------------|}
{tab: D|---------------------------------|}
{tab: A|---------------------------------|}
E|-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-|
A + Riff
Mediterranean water flows across her keel
A
So fast oh baby you can really feel it
A
At the helm on the wheel
A
She's true to the wind
A
She's so good and the sea is so faithful to me
chours
D A + Riff
I'm gonna smash a big bottle of champange across her bow
E
And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,
D
It's just a matter of time
Guitar Solo
A one bar build up then
A A A A 8x
D A E D
A (into clapping)
A
When the wild winds wail I'll be setting my sail
A
Precision and perfection second to none
A
I ain't never gonna turn around
A
No I ain't gonna look back
A
It's my new home in the sun
Chorus
D A + Riff
It's my ship shape, great escape, I'll bring all my Roy Orbison tapes
E
And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,
D A
It's just a matter of time
E
And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,
D A
It's just a matter of time
E
And I'm gonna leave you for her, babe,
D A
It's just a matter of time
Riff after the Chorus
{tab: e|---------------------------------|}
{tab: B|---------------------------------|}
{tab: G|---------------------------------|}
{tab: D|---------------------------------|}
{tab: A|---------------------------------|}
E|-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-0h5-|
ends on two G power chords slide down to A power chords
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| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
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