Roll On Columbia chords by Woody Guthrie

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
C majorC              G+G
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
              C majorC
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
     C7C7        FF
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
   G+G            C majorC
It's Roll on, Columbia, roll On!

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G+G    C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
   C7C7          FF
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
  G+G            C majorC
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on

Verse 2:
C majorC           G+G
Other great rivers add power to you,
G+G           C majorC
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,
C7C7           FF
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;
G+G           C majorC
Roll on Columbia, roll on!

   C majorC                  G+G
It's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,
G+G           C majorC
Sheridan's boys in the block house at night,
   C7C7          FF
They saw us in death, but never in flight;
G+G            C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G+G    C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
   C7C7          FF
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
  G+G            C majorC
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on

Verse 3:
C majorC                G+G
Our loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,
G+G            C majorC
By fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,
  C7C7         FF
We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;
G+G            C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, Roll On!

C majorC              G+G
Remember the trial when the battle was won,
G+G                C majorC
The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,
C7C7            FF
We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;
G+G         C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!

C majorC           G+G
Year after year we had tedious trials,
G+G           C majorC
Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.
C7C7             FF
The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;
G+G         C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G+G    C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7C7            FF
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
  G+G            C majorC
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on

Verse 4:
C majorC              G+G
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,
G+G             C majorC
The waters have risen and drownded the rocks,
C7C7            FF
Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks,
G+G            C majorC
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!

C majorC            G+G
On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,
G+G          C majorC
Mightiest thing ever built by a man,
C7C7                 FF
We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,
   G+G            C majorC
It's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G+G    C majorC
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7C7            FF
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
  G+G            C majorC
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on