Riverboat Shanty Ukulele chords by Emily Axford

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: A

Intro:

 G    C     G         Em
A|---2---2---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|
E|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
C|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 C(maj7)         D         Em
A|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---------------|
C|-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 1:
    G   C       G
I am a sailor of the river's flow
         Em
Where the current goes
I go
     C
The water ferries
         D
What my legs can't carry
  Em  N.C.
Anymore
    G   C       G
I am a wanderer of the river's bend
       Em
Seeking but to heal and mend
     C
The river knows my sorrows
    D
And it flows
     Em    D C
To safer shores


Chorus:
  G          D
So let the river flow, fast as it can go
G           C
Oarsmen row the boat
I'm not going home
G          D         Em C
Let the river flow, let the river flow now
G           D
Oarsmen row the boat, fast as it can go
G          C
I'm not going home, let the river flow
G          D         Em*
Let the river flow, let the river flow now

Verse 2:
    G    C     G
I am a witch, a simple alchemist
        Em
The captain of a borrowed ship
       C
The boat will float
           D
What I can't seem to hold
   Em  N.C.
On my own
      G   C    G
And in the river I can be reborn
        Em
Thinking of her silver hair
      C
And on the water
       D
I'm nobody's daughter
 Em   D C
Anymore


Chorus:
  G          D
So let the river flow, fast as it can go
G           C
Oarsmen row the boat
I'm not going home
G          D         Em C
Let the river flow, let the river flow now
G           D
Oarsmen row the boat, fast as it can go
G          C
I'm not going home, let the river flow
G          D         Em*
Let the river flow, let the river flow now

Bridge:
  C*         D*
And there's no room for baggage
    G*        Em*
That we cannot trade for goods
   C*       D*
We've got too many bottles
     G*      Em*
And we've got too many books
C*          D*
There's no room for burdens
     B7*    Em*
Save for tea and firewood

Chorus:
  G          D
So let the river flow, fast as it can go
G           C
Oarsmen row the boat
I'm not going home
G          D         Em C
Let the river flow, let the river flow now
G           D
Oarsmen row the boat, fast as it can go
G          C
I'm not going home, let the river flow
G          D         Em*
Let the river flow, let the river flow now

*starred chords = strum once