Boats to Build and a Capo

[cs]

I downloaded the Chords for "Boats to Build" yesterday. The chords are your pretty basic chords, but it says to put a Capo on the fourth fret. Being as I don't own a capo as of yet, does anyone know an easy way to transpose the chords?

Band: Jimmy Buffett & Alan Jackson
Song: Boats To Build [Chord]
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BOATS TO BUILD
Jimmy Buffett & Alan Jackson
Writer: Guy Clark
Album: License To Chill
2004, Mailboat Records
Submitted by: Christohper R.
11:48 PM 7/13/2004

Capo 4th Fret

Intro: (C) (C) (C) (C)

It's (C) time for a (F) change
I'm (C) tired of that (F) same ol same
The (G) same ol words the (Am) same ol lines
The (Bb) same ol tricks and the (G) same ol rhymes

(C) Days precious (F) days
(C) Roll in and (F) out like waves
I got (G) boards to bend I got (Am) planks to nail
I got (Bb) charts to make I got (G) seas to sail

I'm gonna (F) build me a boat
With (G) these two hands
She?ll be a (C) fair curve
From a (F) noble plan
(Dm7) Let the chips fall (G) where they will
Cause I've got (C) boats to build

Chad

[Elmer Jenkins]

You can play that song in the open position and the only difference will be the key or you can play it in bar chords.

A capo is very inexpensive.

[cs]

What is the best way to change the "key" you are playing in and how does playing it with bar chords make a difference?

Chad

[htom]

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~desmith/guitar/chords/capo.htm (a part of a rather extensive guitar chord theory site.)

[Elmer Jenkins]

Great link. Chad you need to learn the notes at least on the fifth and sixth strings.

[Elmer Jenkins]

Here's a good one to learn. Easy too. Capo on second fret.

Someday Ill Be Saturday Night Chords by Bon Jovi, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com (http://www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com)

Title: Someday I'll Be Saturday Night
Artist: Bon Jovi
Album: Cross Road

Capo 2nd

D G
Hey man I'm alive, I'm takin' each day a night at a time
A D
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

D
Hey my name is Jim where did I go wrong
Bm
My life's a bargain basement all the good **** 's gone
G
I just can't hold a job, where do I belong
A G A D
Been sleepin' in my car my dreams moved on

D
My name is Billy Jean my love is bought and sold
Bm
I'm only sixteen I feel a hundred years old
G
My foster daddy went and took my innocence away
A G A
Street life ain't much better but at least I'm getting paid

PRE-CHORUS
G
Tuesday just might go my way
D
Can't get worse than yesterday
A
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
G A
But somehow I'll survive

CHORUS
D G
Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day a night at a time
D A
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get by
D A
Hey hey hey hey man I've gotta live my life
G D
Like I ain't got nothing but this roll of the dice
A G D
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

I can't see my name or tell you where I am
I wanna blow myself away, don't know if I can
I wish that I could be in another time and place
With someone else's soul, someone else's face

PRE-CHORUS
Tuesday just might go my way
Can't get worse than yesterday
Thursdays, Fridays ain't been kind
But somehow I'll survive

CHORUS
Hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day a night at a time
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey man I've gotta live my life
I'm gonna pick up all the pieces of what's left of my pride
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

BRIDGE/SOLO
D G
D G
D G
Saturday night
D G
D
Someday I'll be Saturday night
G
I'll be back on my feet, I'll be feelin' alright
D
It may not be tomorrow baby, that's OK
G A
I ain't goin' down I'm gonna find a way

CHORUS
Hey hey hey man I'm alive I'm takin' each day a night at a time
Yeah I'm down but I know I'll get by
Hey hey hey hey man I'm gonna live my life
Like I ain't got nothing but this roll of the dice
A G D
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night
A G D
I'm feelin' like a Monday but someday I'll be Saturday night

OUTRO

|: D G :|

Oh oh oh
Saturday night
Alright, alright
Saturday night

[cs]

I've been learning the notes on the fifth and sixth string. That is what your power chords and bar chords are based off of and is where they get their name. So to learn the power chord you have to know that an "A" power chord is played in the 7th fret on the sixth string.

Chad