Somethin Bout A Boat Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays603

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

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: D (x4) 

Verse 
                  G                   D 
Somethin' 'bout a boat sittin' on the sea 
                 A                     D 
Out there in the wind, floatin' on the free 
                    G                     D    Bm 
Take you 'round the world, bring you back home 
            D     A                 D 
Gives a man hope, somethin' 'bout a boat 
                            G                        D 
Somethin' 'bout an old gui- tar and the way it still sings 
                     A                   D 
After all the smokey bars and the broken strings 
                 G                     D      Bm 
Played a million songs, broke a lot of hearts 
                 D      A                           D 
Made some people stars, somethin' 'bout an old gui- tar 

                   G                               D 
Ain't it crazy how somethin' seems like nothing at all 
               A                     D 
Take a big old room, make it seem so small 
       G             Gm        D     Bm 
Seein' windows where there are walls 
                     D         A                 D 
Makes a whole lot of somethin' out of nothin' at all 

Verse 
                     G                   D 
Somethin' 'bout your dog sittin' by your side 
                 A                            D 
If you had a bad day, she ain't gonna run and hide 
                    G                   D    Bm 
Just a-waggin' that tail, grinnin' that grin 
                  D   A                 D 
Somethin' 'bout a dog makes her my best friend 
 
                   G                               D 
Ain't it crazy how somethin' seems like nothing at all 
               A                     D 
Take a big old room, make it seem so small 
       G             Gm        D     Bm 
Seein' windows where there are walls 
                     D         A                 D 
Makes a whole lot of somethin' out of nothin' at all 

Tag 
                     D         A                 D 
Makes a whole lot of somethin' out of nothin' at all 
                  G                                D 
Somethin' 'bout a dog, somethin' 'bout an old gui- tar 
                  A                      D 
Somethin' 'bout a boat, gives a man hope ----- 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

--
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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante