Old Man And The River chords by Hank Williams

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

C majorC
There's an old man who lives by the river
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In an old log cabin with the cracks in the wall

Makes his livin' by the catchin' of the fish
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If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall


FF     FF
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
               G7G7    C majorC
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
FF   C majorC
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
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Wade across the river where the waters ain't deep

Old man prayed the big fish are bitin'
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The time of the year it's late in the fall

Winter's 'commin' the winds gonna whistle
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Snow gonna blow through the cracks in the wall


FF     C majorC
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
               G7G7    C majorC
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
FF   C majorC
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
                G7G7      C majorC
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep


The old man Courted a pretty youg maiden
            G7G7   C majorC
A augmentedA maiden that he loved most of all

She ran away with a cool river gambler
          G7G7    C majorC