Gordon Bok

Old Fat Boat(Chords)

Gordon Bok

Key: C

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	        Intro: C 

Verse 
                F          C 
Here I am, man, all alone again 
          G                   C 
Anchored aweigh, the hell and gone again 
        F                 C 
Another mile from another town 
    G                    C 
The wind north-east, the rain coming down 
F                   C 
Home is the sailor, home from the sea 
          G                                  C 
Leave the home for the mildew, friend to the flea 

G C I don't care, man, I'm happy F C I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome G C Hard in the chine and soft in the transom F C I love her well and she must love me G C But I think it's only for my money
Instrumental: F C G C F C G C G C Verse F C No more tobacco, no more cheese G C I'm sprung in the back and lame in the knees F C It's a damned good thing I'm easy to please G C There ain't nothing in town on a Sunday
G C I don't care, man, I'm happy F C I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome G C Hard in the chine and soft in the transom F C I love her well and she must love me G C But I think it's only for my money F C And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing F C Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental F C G C F C G C G C Verse F C Oh, but I got milk and I got ice G C A little home-made bread, a little old, but nice F C Everybody puts their cooking hat on G C When you tell 'em you're leaving in the morning
G C I don't care, man, I'm happy F C I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome G C Hard in the chine and soft in the transom F C I love her well and she must love me G C But I think it's only for my money F C And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing F C Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental F C G C F C G C Verse F C You know, I got coffee, I got tea G C I got the beans and the beans got me F C I got tuna fish, I got rum G C I got a two-pound splinter in my thumb Bridge F C So I'll take my toddy and my vitamin C Dm G And the radio for my company C F G C Oh, me, I got the hydrogen peroxide blues
G C I don't care, man, I'm happy F C I got an old fat boat, she's slow but handsome G C Hard in the chine and soft in the transom F C I love her well and she must love me G C But I think it's only for my money F C And I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing F C Yes, I don't mind staying, and I don't mind going G C But I come damn tired of rowing
Instrumental F C G C F C G C Verse F C Well mercy, mercy, I do declare G C If half the fun of going is the getting there F C Mercy, Percy, you better start rowing G C 'Cause the other half of getting there is going

Written by Gordon Bok/Traditional

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