In This Boat Alone Chords
In This Boat Alone by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D, C, Em and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: | (G) (Am) | (D) | (x2)
G Am D G Am D
I love this wa- ter and I love these waves
G Am D G Am D
And I love to watch the palm trees how they dance and sway
Am D
The cooler's full and the sky is clear
Am D
The cool breeze blows and all my friends are here
C D G Em
And I don't wanna be in this boat a- lone
C D G Em
When the party's over and my friends all gotta get home
C D G F#m Em
I wanna wave goodbye and tie and drift back off holdin' on
Am D
To somebody hangin' on to me, oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone
Inst.: | (G) (Am) | (D) | (x2)
G Am D G Am D
They leave tomor- row as soon as they do
G Am D G Am D
I'll pull up an- chor and fly back too
Am D
Oh, but one of these days, I'm gonna hang around
Am D
And find the right someone, yeah, I'm gonna anchor down
C D G Em
But I don't wanna be in this boat a- lone
C D G Em
When the party's over and my friends all gotta get home
C D G F#m Em
I wanna wave goodbye and tie and drift back off holdin' on
Am D
To somebody hangin' on to me, oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone
Inst.: | (G) (Am) | (D) | x 2
Am D
I see myself in twenty years
Am D
Just lovin' life floatin' round out here
C D G Em
But I don't wanna be in this boat a- lone
C D G Em
When the party's over and my friends all gotta get home
C D G F#m Em
I wanna wave goodbye and tie and drift back off holdin' on
Am D
To somebody hangin' on to me, oh, I don't wanna be in this boat alone
Outro.: | (G) (Am) | (D) In this boat alone | (G) (Am) | (D) |
| (G) (Am) | (D) | (G) (Am) | (D) | (G) -----