Build A Boat Chords

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Build A Boat by Maisie Peters is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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verse 1 

D 
D 
Let's build a boat 
                                  G 
So we can sleep right where we sail 
                            Em 
You see a fish, I see a whale 
                             A 
Underneath this painted indigo 

Oh, where should we go next? 
D 
Let's build a boat 
                             G 
So we can say we saw the ocean 
                                 Em 
From our bedroom's cotton curtains 
                                 A 
While I was looking out the window 

Oh, I know that you wanna build it too 

Em 
 
Em                                       G 
Don't pretend that you're not looking 
                                 D 
For something more than growing up 
                                       A 
Right now I should be writing flashcards 

But I'm stuck on pastel skies and apple eyes that say too much 
Em                                         G 
So won't you come and ride the waves, boy 
                            D 
We can go anywhere we please 
                            A 
And then instead of revising 

We could sail to the horizon 
   - 
And float out inside the sea 

D 

verse 2 
D 
Let's build a castle 
                             G 
So we can rule it as we choose 
                                               Em 
And I'll spend days just simply talking to you 
                                                      A 
And I won't worry if I don't know how to factorise 

I'll blow the time off dandelions 
D 
Let's build a tree house 
                              G 
So we can hide up there forever 
                                        Em 
We'll make a nest right out of feathers 
                              A 
And I will never have to choose 

Oh, you know that you wanna build it too 

D 

Em                                          G 
Don't pretend that you're not clueless 

At what the hell you're gonna do 
                                       D 
Right now I should be drawing mind maps 

But I'm stuck on fairy letters 
A 
That make me think of you 
Em 
So won't you come and climb to me, boy 
                                     G 
Coz we don't have to live like them 
                          D 
Instead of memorizing verbs 

We could sail right round the world 
A                     D 
And make it back again 

D  G  Em A (x2) 

Bridge 
D 
Let's build a boat that's made for two 
G 
Oh, I know you want it just as much as me 
        Em 
You're just afraid to give it all, in case you lose 
 D 
But I'm not scared of falling 
G 
Oh no, I'm scared of being boring 
Em 
What if we never even try? 

What if we never find out why? 
  A 
What if we grow up without really growing down? 

verse 3 
D 
So please, please my darling 
                                               G 
Just don't settle for what they want you to be 

Coz you are extra ordinary already 
                                                  Em 
And I know there's so much more inside your reach 
 D 
And I can't prove it's worth it 
                                                            G 
Coz it's not safe and I don't know where we'll end up 

But hell, it's better than just waiting and taking 
                         Em 
The path they build for us 

Outro 
                                   D 
Coz I don't think I could bear it 
                                   G 
If when we're old and faded peach 
                            Em 
We can't tell each other stories of when we tried and flied 
                                              A 
And made the jumps nobody thought we'd reach 

Coz life is made for living 
                                      D 
So baby, oh, who knows what we'll be 

Oh, but youth is meant for taking and for breaking 
                                           G 
And for building up the beautiful we'll be 
    	

Chord diagrams

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