James River Blues chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

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 when you do a D 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 chord and hammer on 0-2 fret on the A string to fill the parts
where there is no singing.


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

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

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

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

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

 Fiddle solo

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

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

Chorus pattern

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


James river blues (x3)

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