Longer boats (1970)     (video)

 

  G          C             G              C

Longer boats are coming to win us,

             G               C                     G              C

they’re coming to win us, they’re coming to win us.

  G          C            G               C

Longer boats are coming to win us,

G          C                G - D                  C                                     G

    hold on to the sho….re, they’ll be taking the key from the door.

 

+  G - C - G - C (4x)

 

+  repeat CHORUS           +  G - C - G (4x)

 

                  G                           D

1. I don’t want no God on my lawn,

                G  D           G      C - G

    just a flower I can help alo…ng,

                       G                         D

    ‘cause the soul of no body knows

                G   D    C    - Em  A               C  Em   A

    how a flower grows,        oh, how a flower grows.

 

+  CHORUS         +  G - C - G (4x)

 

                G                                     D

2. Mary dropped her pants by the sand,

                     G  D                    G            C - G

    and let a parson come and take her ha..nd.

                   G                         D

    But the soul of no body knows

                      G    D   C     - Em A                              C  Em A - G

    where the parson goes,        oh, where does the parson g…..o ?

 

+  C - G - C - G (3x)

 

+  CHORUS           +  G - C - G (4x)

 

 

    (Cat Stevens)