Difficulty
Intermediate
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: Db
Tuning: E A D G B E
Chorus:
Db Ab7
Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal
Db
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Ab7 Db
And I'll bid her my last farewell.
Verse:
Db
I fell in love with a pretty little thing
Ab7 Db
I thought that wedding bells would ring
Db
She was as sweet as she could be
Ab7 Db
Til I found out what she did to me.
Chorus:
Db Ab7
Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal
Db
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Ab7 Db
And I'll bid her my last farewell.
Verse:
Db
I asked her mother to let her go
Ab7 Db
She whispered "Mother, please tell him, No!
Db
Tho' he may think that I am true
Ab7 Db
There are plenty more, who'll think so, too."
Chorus:
Db Ab7
Railroad, Steamboat, River and Canal
Db
Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Db
And she's gone, gone, gone
Ab7 Db
And I'll bid her my last farewell.
Verse:
Db
Now I won't cry my life away
Ab7 Db
Some other sucker will have to pay
Db
And when he finds that she is gone
Ab7 Db
I guess I'll hear him sing this song.
Song History
Published: March 30, 2026
Last Updated: March 30, 2026