Boat Drinks Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays774

Boat Drinks by Jimmy Buffett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, Fmaj7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Boat Drinks

intro  D  G A  D  G A  D  G A  D  G A
 
D 
Boat drinks 
G           A            D 
Boys in the band ordered boat drinks 
G        A             D 
Visitors scored on the home rink 
G          A           D       G  A  
Everything seems to be wrong 
 
D       G          A               D       
Lately  newspapers mentioned cheap airfare 
G       A          D 
I gotta fly to St. Somewhere 
G            A        D 
I'm close to bodily harm 
G  A               D 
20 degrees and the hockey game's on 
G      A              D       
Nobody cares, they're way too far gone, screaming 
D            G            A            D
Boat drinks, something to keep 'em all warm 
D            G          A           D 
This morning I shot six holes in my freezer 
G            A         D
I think I've got cabin fever 
G        A         D
Somebody sound the alarm 
 
Bridge: 
  Fmaj7                       C 
     I'd like to go where the pace of life's slow 
               G                      C 
     Could you beam me somewhere, Mr. Scott? 
  Fmaj7                     C 
     Any old place here on Earth or in space 
   E                          A    G        F#m   Em 
     You pick the century and I'll pick the spot 

solo
 
But I know I should be leaving this climate 
I've got a verse but can't rhyme it 
I gotta go where it's warm 
 
Boat drinks 
Waitress, I need two more boat drinks 
Then I'm heading south 'fore my dream shrinks 
I gotta go where it's warm  {I gotta go where it's} 
I gotta go where it's warm  {I gotta go where it's} 
I gotta go where it's WARM! 
 
 
G       A              G         A  
I gotta go where there ain't any snow 
            G         A               G            A 
Where there ain't any blow, 'cause my fin sinks so low 
G       A             D 
I gotta go where it's warm 
    	

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