The Boat That I Row

The Boat That I Row:Neil Diamond.

#16 in 1966.



INTRO:   D  G (x2)



#1.

D            G                      D    G

Don't have a lot but with me that's fine.

D          G                      D     G

Whatever I got, well, I know it's mine.

D           G                    D      G

I don't go around with the local crowd.

D                  G                   D    G

I don't dig what's in, so, I guess I'm out.

G                C             G       D    C F G

I'm saying these things so you know me baby.

G              C                   D

So you'll understand what I'm all about.



CHORUS:

D               G         C        D

The boat that I row won't cross no ocean.

D               G         C         D

The boat that I row won't get there soon.

D     C            G       C              D

Well, I've got the love if you've got the notion.

C               G          C          D 

The boat that I row is big enough for two.

D

Just me and you.



#2.

D                  G                        D   G                 

Ain't nobody in my life can tell me what to say.

D               G                       D   G

I choose my own side and I like it that way.

D                   G                  D   G

I don't worry about all the things I'm not.

D                G                    D    G

There's only one thing I want I ain't got.

G                 C                  D     C F G

You know that I'm talkin' about you, baby.

G              C                    D

But you better know before you come along..



CHORUS:

D               G         C        D

The boat that I row won't cross no ocean.

D               G         C         D

The boat that I row won't get there soon.

D     C            G       C              D

Well, I've got the love if you've got the notion.

C               G          C          D 

The boat that I row is big enough for two.

D

Just me and you.



(INTERLUDE:ORGAN:) D G



BRIDGE:

G                C             G       D    C F G

I'm saying these things so you know me baby.

G              C                   D

So you'll understand what I'm all about.



CHORUS:

D               G         C        D

The boat that I row won't cross no ocean.

D               G         C         D

The boat that I row won't get there soon.

D     C            G       C              D

Well, I've got the love if you've got the notion.

C               G          C          D 

The boat that I row is big enough for two.

D

Just me and you.



OUTRO:

D               G         C        D

The boat that I row won't cross no ocean.

D               G         C         D

The boat that I row won't get there soon.

D     C            G       C              D

Well, I've got the love if you've got the notion.

C               G          C          D 

The boat that I row is big enough for two.. (Fade.)





A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.