Boatman lyrics by James Taylor
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Item Code * HT5409
Song Title * Boatman
Performed By * James Taylor
Composer(s) * TAYLOR L/TAYLOR M
Publisher *
Programmer * Damian Smith
Copyright * (C) 2007 HitTrax MIDI Files
Unauthorised copying is illegal
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Verse 1:
Hearts were exploding around us
As we drifted south down the bay.
The gray up above and the gray down below
Left us with nothing to say,
So we drifted along in silence
`Til the tickle of life trickled in,
And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand.
We were catching fire again.
Chorus:
Oh, boatman, I am the river.
I am the mountain and the sea.
Oh, boatman, taker and giver,
Can you deliver me?
I would forever run free.
Verse 2:
Yeah, we finally caught up with the legends.
We were walking along side by side.
We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,
But the long trail just wasn`t that wide.
The water around us was freezing.
We just laughed and threw ourselves in,
And although we were old, the sting of that cold
Pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
Repeat chorus
Bridge:
Oh, I`m a message in a bottle
Drifting along on a deep blue sea
Waiting for some foreign shore,
Ready for something to be.
Verse 3:
No longer afraid of falling,
We cut the strings to the sky.
We found level ground and we put ourselves down.
Amazing we all didn't die.
We took each moment as given.
By second by second they came.
The ice and the sun and the thundering guns,
Good God I was finally sane.
Chorus 2:
Oh, boatman, I am the river.
I am the mountain and the sea.
Oh, boatman, taker and giver,
Can you deliver me?
Holy roller, I am the river.
I am the mountain and the sea.
Oh, boatman, taker and giver,
Can you deliver me?
I would forever run free.
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Time * 3:58
Length * 104 bars
Tempo * 104 BPM, rall at end
Key * E major
Ch 1 * Steel-String Guitar
Ch 2 * Fingered Bass
Ch 3 * Piano 1
Ch 4 * Vocal Guide
Ch 5 * Overdrive Guitar
Ch 6 * Sweep Pad
Ch 10 * Drums
