Band: Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
Song: Leaky Little Boat
Album: Americano
Tabbed by: Devon
Email: Reese32b@hotmail.com
KEY:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| B hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| - Let ring
A |-0222-
D |--0232
E |0221--
F#m |244222
The Song can also be played with a capo I believe it's capoed at the 2nd fret. They
it in the DVD. But I just tabbed it uncapoed here.
INTRO:
I awake from a long, deep sleep
In a leaky little boat on a wide blue sea
I spy no island, rock or shore
And the sea, she’s a-comin’ to me through a hole in the floor
And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
| A A D E | A A D
|
This is the same as the first part of the verses. It is strummed up-down-up on the A's
D's. E can be just one stroke.
This fill is played over these chords and comes up more throughout the song with variations.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------2-------|
D|---------------0-2-4-2-0---0------------------0-2-4-2-0-------------|
A|--0--2--4-0-4------------4---0---0--2--4-0-4--------------0---------|
E|-4------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
| |
| |
|
The verse is strummed the same way as the above part. Up-down-up on the A's, D's, and
one strum on the E's.
And as I wake I look around
I have no notion where I’m bound
So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely and driftin’
Just like me
Chorus:
And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
I spy no island rock or shore
I spy no island rock or shore
I spy no island shore
And the sea keeps a-comin’ to me through a hole in the floor
-
Of my leaky little boat
Bridge:
Alone, adrift, together are we
Slowly sinkin’ in a deep blue sea
But we smile and we wave
And we say, “I’m afraid…and I love you…and here we go…”
And the tide come in and the tide go out
And the waves they come toss my little boat about
And the sky turn black and the sky turn blue
I got no pail, no sail, no anchor, too
-
Just a leaky little boat
| | | | E----|
At the end the music stops then there is just a rhythmic tap on the dummer's high hat
a few seconds. Then the guitar comes in with something like this:
| E A D A D | Repeated several times
lyrics.