Boatman

Levellers

Key of A · Chords: I IV V ii

Chorus

   E                                     D            E
If I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman
   E                                 D               E
On the canals and the rivers free no hasty words are spoken
   D                            A
My only law is the river breeze that takes me to the open seas
   E                                     D            E
If I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman

Chorus

   E                                     D            E
If I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover
E                                      D            E
And if the roads was not for me then I would choose another
D                              A
Mountains and the valleys deep where I would take this weary feet
   E                                     D            E
If I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover

Verse 1

Bm                      A            Bm                 A
But these things are so hard for me, I cannot choose my own destiny
Bm                    A                  E
And all things that I want to see are so unclean
E                                               D        E
Well I wish I could choose the life I please, I am not a free man
E                             D             E
Others rule my destiny but my will is never broken

Verse 2

  Bm            A         Bm                A
I know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be
E                                     D                E
And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man
  Bm            A         Bm                A
I know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be
E                                     D                E
And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man
E                                     D                E
And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man