James River Blues chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

Guitar chords with lyrics

This is a great song of the Old Crow Medicine Show's album Big Iron World. I dig the vocal
harmony's and even solo on a acoustic guitar  you can add little fiddly bits to liven it up.
The chords are written using the shape, though on the record they use a capo on the 3rd fret.
Enjoy .

To spice it up a little I like to do a ascending fifth run down from the fifth  fret on the
high E MajorE when you do a D MajorD chord, from the fifth fret to the third to the second to 0 fret and
then accent on the root note the octave above the bass, it kind of mimics the fiddle on the
record, then just pick the G+G chord and hammer on 0-2 fret on the A augmentedA string to fill the parts
where there is no singing.

Intro
Bm///G///Bm///G/A/  (chorus pattern)


Verse 1
D MajorD                G+G
James river blues
D MajorD                      G+G
I just heard the awful news
D MajorD                      G+G
I can steer around the rocks
D MajorD                         G+G
But they're bustin up the docks

D///G///D///G///


Verse 2
D MajorD                 G+G
James river blues
D MajorD                  G+G
That train came on through
D MajorD                      G+G
And the work's gotten' slow
D MajorD                        G+G
Now where's a boatman to go

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Chorus
B minorBm                          G+G
I'll think  I'll float on down
B minorBm          G+G
To Richmond Town
B minorBm                   G+G
They don't need us anymore
                                                                               B minorBm
Haulin' freight from shore to shore
                                                                          G+G
That big iron hauls much more
                                                           A augmentedA           D MajorD
Than we ever could before

 Fiddle solo

D///G///D///G///D///G///Bm///G///Bm///G/A/


Verse 3
D MajorD                         G+G
I've seen good men going wrong
D MajorD                          G+G
I've seen bad ones get it right
D MajorD                     G+G
As the river roll's along
D MajorD                     G+G
I'll be stepping out tonight


Chorus pattern

B minorBm          G+G
On the cool flow
B minorBm                  G+G
Floatin' down, down below
D MajorD                         G+G
The bridge, to the waters edge
D MajorD                       G+G
From the ridge , to the ledge
B minorBm                     G+G
From the hills, to the sea
B minorBm                G+G        A augmentedA
I'll become, a memory


James river blues (x3)

And then finish on D MajorD and hold it. That's it.