James Vincent McMorrow - If I Had a Boat: chords

Golden, golden, golden river run
To the East then drop beneath the sun
And as the moon lies low and overhead
We're lost

Em7                        G
Burn slow, burning up the back wall
Em7                         G
Long roads, where the city meets the sky
Em7                            G
Most days, most days stay the sole same
Em7                                 G
Please stay, for this fear it will not die

Chorus:
            C             G
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
               D         C
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
               C             G
Once I had a dream, it died long before
                 D             C
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore

Down low, down amongst the thorn rows
Weeds grow, through the lilies and the vine
Birds play, try to find their own way
Soft clay, on your feet and under mine

Chorus

                 Am
Splitting at the seams
                 Em
Heaving at the brace
               G
Sheets all billowing
                    Am
The breaking of the day
Sea is not my friend
              Em
And everyone conspires
           G
Still I choose to swim
             Am
Slip beneath the tide

Once I had a dream
Once I had a hope
That was yesterday
Not so long ago
This is not the end
This is just the world
Such a foolish thing
Such an honest girl


Chorus