This Ol Riverboat chords by The New Christy Minstrels

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G

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

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

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

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

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


We're on the move again

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

Em  G  Em  A
Em  C  D

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

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