Laughing River chords by Greg Brown

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D  D/B  D/A  D  D/B  D

Verse 1:
    G    D A
I'm goin away,
G           A            D
   'Cause I gotta busted heart.
    G       D A
I'm leavin' today,
G        A              D
   If my TravelAll will start.
Bm                        G
   And I recken where I'm headed,
A                            D
   I might need me different clothes...
    G     D    A
Way up in Michigan,
G            A              D
   Where the Laughing River flows.

Instrumental:
G  D  A
G  A  D

Verse 2:
       G            D     A
Twenty years in the minor leagues...
G           A              D
   Ain't no place I didn't go.
       G            D     A
Well I gotta        few hits,
G        A              D
   But I never made the show.
Bm                           G
   And I could hang on for a few years,
A                      D
   Doin what I've done before.
        G        D        A
I wanna hear the Laughing River,
G          A              D
   Flowin' right outside my door.

Instrumental:
G  D  A
G  A  D

Verse 3:
   G            D     A
My cou-         sin   Ray,
G            A              D
   Said he's got a job for  me.
          G      D   A
Where the houses are cheap,
G         A                 D
   And he knows this nice lady.
Bm                         G
   He said she even saw me play once,
A                        D
   Said she smiled at my name.
       G      D        A
Well upon the Laughing River,
G            A         D
   Could be a whole new game.

Instrumental:
G  D  A
G  A  D

Verse 4:
   G       D      A
So goodbye to the bus.
G       A             D
   Good bye to payin' dues.
G       D      A
Goodbye to the cheers,
G      A              D
   And goodbye to the booze.
Bm                          G
   Well I'm trading in this old bat,
A                D
   For a fishing pole.
          G       D        A
I'm gonna let the Laughing River,
G       A             D
   Flow right into my soul.

Verse 5:
    G    D A
I'm goin away,
G           A            D
   'Cause I gotta busted heart.
    G       D A
I'm leavin' today,
G        A              D
   If my TravelAll will start.
Bm                        G
   And I recken where I'm headed,
A                            D
   I might need me different clothes...
    G     D    A
Way up in Michigan,
G            A              D
   Where the Laughing River flows.
    G     D    A
Way up in Michigan,
G            A              D
   Where the Laughing River flows.
    G     D    A
Way up in Michigan...

Coda:
G  A  D