If I Had a Boat — Lyle Lovett
Chords and lyrics for If I Had a Boat by Lyle Lovett (key of G).
Intro
[G6] [G6] [Cadd9] [G/B] [G6] [G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]
Chorus
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]If I had a boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]I'd go out on the ocean
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And if I had a pony
[Em7] [Dsus2/F#]I'd ride him on my boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And we could all together
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]Go out on the ocean
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]I said me upon my pony on my boat
Verse 1
[G6]If I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single
[G6] [Dsus2/F#]I couldn't bring myself to marrying old Dale
[G6]It'd just be me and Trigger, we'd go riding through them movies
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]Then we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
Chorus
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]If I had a boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]I'd go out on the ocean
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And if I had a pony
[Em7] [Dsus2/F#]I'd ride him on my boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And we could all together
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]Go out on the ocean
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]I said me upon my pony on my boat
Verse 2
[G6]Now the mystery masked man was smart He got himself a Tonto
[G6] [Dsus2/F#]'Cause Tonto did the dirty work for free
[G6]But Tonto he was smarter And one day said kemo sabe
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]Kiss my ass I bought a boat I'm going out to sea
Chorus
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]If I had a boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]I'd go out on the ocean
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And if I had a pony
[Em7] [Dsus2/F#]I'd ride him on my boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And we could all together
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]Go out on the ocean
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]I said me upon my pony on my boat
Solo
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]
[Em7] [Dsus2/F#]
Verse 3
[G6]And if I were like lightning I wouldn't need no sneakers
[G6] [Dsus2/F#]Well I'd come and go wherever I would please
[G6]And I'd scare 'em by the shade tree and I'd scare 'em by the light pole
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
Chorus
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]If I had a boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]I'd go out on the ocean
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And if I had a pony
[Em7] [Dsus2/F#]I'd ride him on my boat
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]And we could all together
[Cadd9] [G/B] [G6]Go out on the ocean
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]I said me upon my pony on my boat
[G6] [Dsus2/F#] [G6]I said me upon my pony on my boat
Outro
[G6]