Rock The Boat

Forrest - Rock the Boat (Wally Holmes)
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[Intro]
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(SPOKEN OVER SYNTH CHORDS)Get down to the beat, give some body heat
if you've got the notion, then use some locomotion, rock the boat

[Chorus]
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So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
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to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
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rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the bo-ooat

[Verse]
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Ever since our voyage of love began
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your touch has thrilled me like the rush of the wind
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and your arms have held me safe from a rolling sea
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there's always been a quiet place to harbor you and me

[Bridge]
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Our love is like a ship on the ocean, we've been sailing with a cargo full of, love and 
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de-votion

[Chorus]
       Ab                              Bb               Ab                              Bb
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
   Eb                                       Ab
to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
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rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the bo-ooat

[Verse]
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Up to now we sailed through every storm
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and I've always had your tender lips to keep me warm
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oh I need to have the strength that flows from you
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don't let me drift away my dear, when love can see me through

[Bridge]
    Eb             G          Cm/Ab              Eb             Cm             Bb 
Our love is like a ship on the ocean, we've been sailing with a cargo full of, love and 
         Eb
de-votion

[Chorus]
       Ab                              Bb               Ab                              Bb
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
       Ab                              Bb               Ab                              Bb
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
   Eb                                       Ab
to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
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to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don't tip the boat over
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N.C.
don't rock the boat (DRUM G  O)
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So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
       Ab                              Bb               Ab                              Bb
So I'd like to know where, you got the notion, said I'd like to know where, you got the notion
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   rock the boat, rock the boat, rock the boat, rock the boat
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to rock the boat, don't rock the boat baby, rock the boat, don't tip the boat over (Repeat last 
line and fade)