Riverboat Shanty Ukulele chords by Emily Axford

• 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