[Verse 1]
F
Oh the Lord looked down from his holy place
G C F
Said Lordy me, what a sea of space
Bb F
What a spot to launch the human race
C Bb F
So he built him a boat for a mixed-up crew,
Dm
With eyes of black and brown and blue.
Gm
And that’s how come that you and I
C7
Got just one world and just one sky.
[Chorus]
Ab C F
We’re in the same boat brother,
Bb F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
Dm F
And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
Am C F
It’s the same boat brother
[Verse 2]
F
Oh the boat rolled on through storm and grief,
G C F
Past many a rock and many a reef,
Bb F
What keep them going was a great belief
C Bb F
That they had to learn to navigate
Dm
'Cause the human race was special freight
Gm
If they didn’t want to be in Jonah’s shoes,
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We'd better be mates on this here cruise.
[Chorus]
Ab C F
'Cause it's the same boat brother,
Ab C F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
Dm F
And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
Ab C F
It’s the same boat brother
[Verse 3]
F
When a boiler blew somewhere in Spain,
G C F
The keel was smashed in the far Ukraine
Bb F
And the steam poured out from Oregon to Maine
C Bb F
Oh, it took some time for the crew to learn
Dm
What's bad for the bow ain’t good for the stern.
Gm
If a hatch takes fire in China Bay,
C7
Pearl Harbor's deck's gonna blaze away.
[Chorus]
Ab C F
'Cause it's the same boat brother,
Ab C F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
Dm F
And if you shake one end, you're gonna rock the other
Ab C F
It’s the same boat brother
Ab C F
We’re in the same boat brother,
Bb F
Yes it's the same boat brother,
Dm F
And we must live with each other
Ab C
In the same boat,
Ab C F
The very same boat brother