If I Had A Boat Chords
by Lyle Lovett
If I Had A Boat by Lyle Lovett is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 9st fret. It uses the chords G6, Cadd9, Em7/B, Dsus2/F# and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G6 G6 Cadd9 Em7/B G6 G6 Dsus2/F# G6
Cadd9 Em7/B G6
If I had a boat
Cadd9 Em7/B G6
I'd go out on the ocean
Cadd9 Em7/B G6
And if I had a pony
Em7 Dsus2/F#
I'd ride him on my boat
Cadd9 Em7/B G6
And we could all together
Cadd9 Em7/B G6
Go out on the ocean
G6 Dsus2/F# G6
Me upon my pony on my boat
G6 Cadd9 Em7/B G6
If I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single
G6 Dsus2/F#
I couldn't bring myself to marrying no Dale
G6 Cadd9 Em7/B G6
It'd just be me and Trigger, we'd go riding through them movies
G6 Dsus2/F# G6
Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
Chorus
The mystery masked man was smart
He got himself a Tonto
'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
But Tonto he was smarter
And one day said kemo sabe
Kiss my ass I bought a boat
I'm going out to sea
Chorus
And if I were like lightning
I wouldn't need no sneakers
I'd come and go wherever I would please
And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree
And I'd scare 'em by the light pole
But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
Chorus