Boat Song (song)

Additional Information
Song meaning as told by Jon: "It's about a cute little dream I had about the boys, it's about the band I think. It wasn't about the band when I had the dream, but after reading the lyrics I think it is". Rip It Up, Oct. 1996

Lyrics
All of us, connected All of us on the same road home And if one should fall or falter Then we all reach down together as one And we lift them up again

Only in our world Could we find some meaning So we created our own Still here today

I had a dream, I was lost at sea All of you Afloat on the same boat home Please throw me a line I think I'm drowning So you all lent over To pick me up And we spent the rest of the night swimming

Nobody's falling over Don't need to know what you're thinking Kissed the world goodbye And then we ran away

=Tabs=

Guitar
Tabbed by: G Email: whateva@whateva.we

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

This is pretty bare, but you get the idea. The whole thing's basically just the same C-F chord progression.

Intro & Verses

e|---|---| B|---|---| G|---|---| D|--2-2-3-3-3|--2-2-3-2---3--| A|--3-3-3|--3-3-3-3--| E|---|-(1)--1|

C  F               C   F

Play twice through for the Intro, then Verse 1...

All of us connected All of us on the same road home And if one should fall or falter Then we all reach down together as one, and we lift them up again

The actual chorus is played on a piano, but I generally just pick or strum the same C and F chords as the Verses and it sounds OK.

[C] [F]               [C]   [F] Only in our world [C]  [F] Could we find some meaning [C]  [F] So we created our own [C]  [F] Still here today

The second verse mostly uses this little variation

e|---|---| B|---|---| G|---|---| D|--2-2-3-3-3|--2-2-3-2---3p2-3p2| A|--3-3-3|--3-3-3-3--| E|---|--- -(1)---(1)-|

C  F             C   F    I had a dream, I was lost at sea All of you, afloat on the same boat home Please throw me a line, I think I'm drowning So you all leant over to pick me up, and we spent the rest of the night swimming

Chorus: Same deal as above.

[C] [F]                     [C]  [F] Nobody's falling apart [C] [F] Don't need to know what your thinking [C] [F] Kissed the world goodbye [C] [F] And then we ran away [C] [F] Only in our world [C] [F] Could we find some meaning [C] [F] So we created our own [C] [F] Still here today =References=