Boats To Build
By Jerry Jeff Walker
Written by Guy Clark & Verlon Thompson 
Album: Cowboy Boots & Bathin’ Suits (1998)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
10/29/2020


     C    F           C        F 
It's time, time for a change
          C    F               C     F  F/E
Cause I'm tired of the same ol same
Dm           Em
Same ol words, same ol lines
F                      G
Same ol tricks and the same ol rhymes

Days precious days
They roll in and out just like waves
Got boards to bend, planks to nail
Charts to make and I got seas to sail


Chorus:
   F                              G
So I'm gonna build me a boat with these two hands
           C                 F          F/E
It'll be a fair curve from a noble plan
Dm                 G
Let the chips fall where they will
                  C               F  C  F
Cause I've got me boats to build


Sails are just like wings
The wind can make em sing
Songs of life songs of hope
Songs to keep your dreams afloat

Chorus

Shores, distant shores
There's where I'm headed for
Got the stars to guide my way
Sail into the light of day

Chorus