The Boat Dreams From The Hill Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

The Boat Dreams From The Hill by Jawbreaker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, Bm, F#m, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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Intro: A  G Bm  x4 


verse 1: 
A 
  Boat on a hill 
G              Bm 
never going to sea 
A          G 
  Anchored to a 
      Bm 
fixer upper's dream 
A 
  This boat is beat 
G           Bm 
never gonna be a boat 
   A        G 
now Thirsty sees 
             Bm 
the sea from high 
on ice plant 


Refrain: 
F#m         G 
   He keeps patching 
       A 
it and painting 
E           F#m 
  Thinking about 
            D 
his pension plan 
F#m        G 
   But the boat is 
       A 
out to pasture 
E          F#m 
  Seems it never 
      D 
had a chance 


 
             A 
I wanna be a boat 
I wanna learn 
   E 
to swim Then I'll 
         G 
learn to float 
            D 
Then begin again 
             A 
I wanna be a boat 
I wanna learn 
   E 
to swim Then I'll 
         G 
learn to float 
            D 
Then begin again 
           A G Bm A G Bm 
Begin again 


verse 2: 
A 
  Boat remembers the 
G                Bm 
carpenter's sure hand 
A         G 
  Missing fishy 
        Bm 
flutter on it's rudder 
A 
  Sold at an auction 
     G          Bm 
on a dolly ever since 
A           G 
  Sometimes rainy days 
     Bm 
drop boyish wonder 


(Repeat Refrain) 



             A 
I wanna be a boat 
I wanna learn 
   E 
to swim Then I'll 
         G 
learn to float 
            D 
Then begin again 
             A 
I wanna be a boat 
I wanna learn 
   E 
to swim Then I'll 
         G 
learn to float 
            D 
Then begin again 
           A E G D A E G D A(hold) A(hold) 
Begin again 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante