Shenandoah chords by Arlo Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

Song Title: SHENANDOAH

Artist: Arlo Guthrie

Tune: Traditional Irish
Album: Son of the Wind (1992)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zWgfzGq5g0
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2nd fret

VERSE 1:
G7G7   C majorC   A minorAm  G+G E minorEm   FF  C majorC
The Mis-souri she?s a mighty ri-ver
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
  A minorAm         E minorEm   FF
The Redman?s camp lies on her borders
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 2:
G7G7 C majorC    A minorAm  G+G E minorEm   FF  C majorC
A augmentedA white-man loved an Indian mai-den
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
   A minorAm          E minorEm   FF
With notions sweet his canoe was laden
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 3:
G7G7 C majorC   A minorAm  G+G E minorEm    FF   C majorC
Oh Shenan-doah, I love your daugh-ter
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
   A minorAm         E minorEm   FF
I?ll take her cross the rollin? water
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 4:
G7G7 C majorC     A minorAm   G+G  E minorEm    FF  C majorC
The Chief dis-dained the trader?s doll-ars
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
  A minorAm       E minorEm    FF
My daughter never you shall follow
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 5:
G7G7 C majorC     A minorAm  G+G E minorEm   FF  C majorC
At last there came a Yankee skip-per
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
  A minorAm          E minorEm     FF
He winked his eye and he tipped his flipper
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 6:
G7G7 C majorC    A minorAm  G+G  E minorEm  FF C majorC
He sold the Chief that fire wa-ter
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
  A minorAm         E minorEm    FF
And crossed the river, stole his daughter
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.

VERSE 7:
G7G7 C majorC   A minorAm  G+G E minorEm   FF  C majorC
Oh Shenan-doah, I long to hear you
 FF        C majorC   C7C7
A-way, you rollin' river
 A minorAm         E minorEm   FF
A-cross the wide and rollin? water
 C majorC         E minorEm Fmin7
A-way, we're bound a-way
      C majorC  A minorAm G7G7 C majorC
Across the wide Missouri.