Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Verse:
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Merrily, merrily
G minorGm Bb majorBb
I'm a rowing my boat
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G+G
Gently, gently
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Upon the waters
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I said I'm riding away
G minorGm
From destruction down here
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
Moving away from tribulation
G minorGm
I'm riding away from starvation
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
Moving away from corruption
Bb majorBb G minorGm
My cup is full
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And running over (running over)
Eb MajorEb G minorGm
See them oh Lord
Bb majorBb
They can't touch my life, oh
G minorGm Bb majorBb G minorGm
I can take them no more
Bb majorBb G minorGm
So I've got to move
Bb majorBb G minorGm
I surely got to move
G minorGm Bb majorBb
Tell you that I can hear the
G minorGm
sound of the trumpet
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
See them heathen an' how them a fret
Bb majorBb G minorGm Bb majorBb
I can hear them bawling for mercy
Bb majorBb FF
But too late, too late
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Mercy God, So
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Merrily, merrily
G minorGm Bb majorBb
I'm a rowing my boat
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb G+G
Gently, gently
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Upon the waters
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I said I'm riding away
G minorGm
From destruction down here
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
Moving away from tribulation
G minorGm
I'm riding away from starvation
Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb
Moving away from corruption