This Ol Riverboat chords by The New Christy Minstrels

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
          C majorC       G+G
This ol' riverboat walkin up the river
C majorC            D MajorD
 Keep her steady as you go
     G+G
Heave the lead and pay the line
     C majorC       D MajorD
Now we're markin' on the twine
C majorC         D MajorD
 Four fathoms below
C majorC     D MajorD     G+G
Way up the river we go

          C majorC       G+G
This ol' riverboat walkin' by the levee
C majorC             D MajorD
 Keep her steady as you go
    G+G
Think I hear the captain say
   C majorC
Full ahead we're on our way
         D MajorD
Three fathoms below
C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
 Way up the river we go

E minorEm        G+G
Keep on a-movin' gotta beat ol' Dixie
  E minorEm            A augmentedA
Or we'll come back empty I know
E minorEm         C majorC            D MajorD
Way down the river I can hear her whistle blow

G+G         C majorC       G+G
This ol' riverboat churnin' muddy water
C majorC               D MajorD
 Ease er' down and take it slow
     G+G         E minorEm
Can't you hear that rumblin' sound
    C majorC         D MajorD
Lord, I think we've run aground
C majorC       D MajorD
No fathoms below
C majorC      D MajorD        G+G
You'd better pray it ain't so

E minorEm            G+G
We're muckin' bottom, and here comes ol' Dixie
    E minorEm             A augmentedA
Singin' who's got that cotton to sell?
E minorEm
Ah, but when she's passin'
C majorC             D MajorD
We're risin' high on her swell

We're on the move again

G+G           C majorC       G+G
These two riverboats, racin' up the river
C majorC           D MajorD
Then ol' Dixie runs aground
     G+G
There she stands high and dry
     C majorC        D MajorD
And we're walkin' right on by
C majorC            D MajorD
I can see the lights of town
C majorC      D MajorD        G+G
We're gonna roll that cotton down

E minorEm G+G E minorEm A augmentedA
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD

G+G         C majorC       G+G
This ol' riverboat seen a lot of water
C majorC            D MajorD
 Lot of cotton, you can bet
    G+G
You can ask anyone you meet
     C majorC      D MajorD
They say she can't be beat
C majorC           D MajorD
 She ain't never been yet
C majorC              BB
Can't you hear that whistle blow
C majorC      D MajorD    G+G
Way up the river we go

C majorC       D MajorD     G+G
Walkin' up the river we go
C majorC      D MajorD       G+G
Up and down the river we go