If You Were A Sailboat Guitar Tabs by Katie Melua

Capo op IV

The main pattern in detail (^ = hammer on or pull off):

  Am
|------------------------------|
|-------------1--0^1^0-0 ^1----|
|-------2---2--------2----2----|
|---------2------------2----2--|
|-0--------------0-------------|
|------------------------------|
  ^     ^ - - ^  ^ - - ^  ^  ^
 3/16  16t   8t 16t   8t 16t 8t

Intro:
 Am
|----------^^------|-----------^^-----|-----------^^-----|-----------^^----|
|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1-|
|-----2-2----2--2--|-----2-2----2--2--|-----2-2----2--2--|-----2-2----2--2-|
|------2------2--2-|------2------2--2-|------2------2--2-|------2------2--2|
|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0-------|-0--------0------|
|------------------|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0---|-----0--------0--|

Verse 1:
  Am               FM7                  Am               FM7
|----------^^------|-----------^^-----|-----------^^-----|-----------^^----|
|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1--|--------1-0100^1-|
|-----2-2----2--2--|-----2-3----2--2--|-----2-3----2--2--|-----2-3----2--2-|
|------2------2--2-|------3------3--3-|------2------2--2-|------3------3--3|
|-0--------0-------|------------------|-0--------0-------|-----------------|
|------------------|-1--------1-------|------------------|-1--------1------|

If you were a cow..trail you           If you were a p... nail you to the

 C                  Dm                G                 C                 
|---------0-------|-------1--------1-|-----------------|-------0---------|
|-------1-------1-|----3-2-----3-3---|-1---0-------0---|-1-------3---3^1-|
|----0-0-----0-0--|-----2-------2----|---0---0-2-----0-|-----0-----0---0-|
|-----2-------2---|-0-------0--------|-----------0-----|------2------2---|
|-3-------3-------|------------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|

 floor            If you were a sail..sail you to the   shore.

Corus:
  Am                FM7               G                 FM7   
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------1-1--1----|-------1-1--1----|-------0-0--0----|-------1-1--1----|
|----2-2----2--2--|----2-2----2--2--|----0-0----0--0--|----2-2----2--2--|
|-----2------2--2-|-----3------3--3-|-----0------0--0-|-----3------3--3-|
|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-1-------1-------|-3-------3-------|-1-------1-------|

Sometimes I b... fate, but the ch.. create always ... true 

 Dm                G                 C       C/Bb      Am7      Am7/G 
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------3-3--3----|-------0-0--0----||-1-----1-1-----1-|-1----1------1^0-|
|----2-2----2--2--|----0-0----0--0--||----0-2-----0-0--|----0------0-----|
|-----0------0--0-|-----0------0--0-||-----2-------2---|-----2------2----|2x
|-0-------0-------|-----------------||-3-------1-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-3-------3-------||-----------------|--------3--------|

you took a chance..me, I took a ch... you


This took me some time to figure out so when you have any suggestions, please let me know, Keesv

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