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Rowboat

Beck

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
E
G
D××
Am×
C×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              TABBED BY:SHANE WEST ([email protected])
 
Intro:  Hit an open D string and strum D a few times, repeat twice.
 
Verses:  The chords are as follows:  A E G D Strike the low 
string of  each chord once before strumming a few times.  Timing is as 
follows.
 
A      E      G              D
Row----boat,   row me to the shore
A      E              G               D
She----don't, want to be my friend no more
 
Chorus:  Hold strumming the last D chord from the end of the verse then 
go into a C G D  until the last line which changes to a 
D Am C D
 
C       G                  D
Pick me up--, give me some food to eat
C       G                    D
In your truck--, playing the radio
C       G                  D
I'll be home--, talking to nobody
D         Am      C                 D
You'll be strange,   you'll be far away
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · G · D · Am · C

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.