Astoria Bar chords by Gordon Bok

Intro
D   G   D  A  D

Verse
           A                 D
Well, it's not very far to Astoria's Bar
      G         D              A
But a very long journey it can be
        D                         G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river
    D          A             D
And end at the bottom of the sea

        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay

Instrumental
A   D   G  D  A
D   G   D  A  D

Verse
         A                 D
When the tide is rough, so very, very rough
   G              D      A
So rough that you cannot stand
      D                    G
It'll drive the fish right into the nets
        D           A        D
And the boats right into the sand

        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay

Instrumental
A   D   G  D  A
D   G   D  A  D

Verse
       A                      D
In the mist and the rain, the labour and the pain
   G             D               A
We know what the fishing here is worth
      D                             G
It is worth all the gold, when they suck 'f#m from the hold
    D             A                D
And worth all the treasures of the earth

        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay

Verse
         A                 D
Now it's not very far to Astoria's Bar
      G         D              A
But a very long journey it can be
        D                         G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river
    D          A             D
And end at the bottom of the sea

        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay
                              G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay