Chords for John Leyton - Down the River Nile
Tempo:
92.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
C#
G
F#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] Hi there [Bm] Cleo honey.
I'm gonna float [B] down the river, take a boat down the [G#] river called the Nile.
[C#]
[F#m] I'll be whining [F#] and dying and hard at work, but just reclining [Bm] every mile on that old [F#] Nile.
When all the girls [B] gig and jive, we will move down the river [C#] right in style.
[B] Till we meet [G#] Pharaoh's daughter in a [B] barge on the water of the Nile, [Bm] that river Nile.
[C] While the drums keep beating from [B] the jungle, [A#] [D#] with [C] the wild birds singing [B] out so free.
[Em] We'll be swinging, we'll [B] be rocking, but [Em] we won't be stopping.
[G] Gonna rock that [C#] barge right out to sea.
I'm [F#] gonna swing down the river, have a fling down the river [G#] called the [C#]
Nile.
[F#] Way down in the Euphrates where the [C#] beautiful ladies [B] wear a smile.
[F#] That's the style up [Bm] on the Nile.
[Cm] [G]
[C#] While the drums keep [Fm] beating from the [C] jungle, [C#] with the wild birds singing out [G] so free.
[C]
We'll [Fm] be swinging, we'll be rocking, but we won't [D#] be stopping.
[G#] Gonna rock that [D] barge right out to sea.
[F#] [B] I'm gonna [G] swing down the river, have a fling down the river [D] called the Nile.
Way down in the Euphrates where the beautiful ladies [G] wear a smile.
That's the style up on the Nile.
[C#] I'm gonna rock that boat down the river, [G] river Nile.
[A] [G] [Cm]
I'm gonna float [B] down the river, take a boat down the [G#] river called the Nile.
[C#]
[F#m] I'll be whining [F#] and dying and hard at work, but just reclining [Bm] every mile on that old [F#] Nile.
When all the girls [B] gig and jive, we will move down the river [C#] right in style.
[B] Till we meet [G#] Pharaoh's daughter in a [B] barge on the water of the Nile, [Bm] that river Nile.
[C] While the drums keep beating from [B] the jungle, [A#] [D#] with [C] the wild birds singing [B] out so free.
[Em] We'll be swinging, we'll [B] be rocking, but [Em] we won't be stopping.
[G] Gonna rock that [C#] barge right out to sea.
I'm [F#] gonna swing down the river, have a fling down the river [G#] called the [C#]
Nile.
[F#] Way down in the Euphrates where the [C#] beautiful ladies [B] wear a smile.
[F#] That's the style up [Bm] on the Nile.
[Cm] [G]
[C#] While the drums keep [Fm] beating from the [C] jungle, [C#] with the wild birds singing out [G] so free.
[C]
We'll [Fm] be swinging, we'll be rocking, but we won't [D#] be stopping.
[G#] Gonna rock that [D] barge right out to sea.
[F#] [B] I'm gonna [G] swing down the river, have a fling down the river [D] called the Nile.
Way down in the Euphrates where the beautiful ladies [G] wear a smile.
That's the style up on the Nile.
[C#] I'm gonna rock that boat down the river, [G] river Nile.
[A] [G] [Cm]
Key:
B
C#
G
F#
Bm
B
C#
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ Hi there [Bm] Cleo honey. _
_ I'm gonna float [B] down the river, take a boat down the [G#] river called the Nile.
_ [C#] _
_ _ [F#m] I'll be whining [F#] and dying and hard at work, but just reclining [Bm] every mile on that old [F#] Nile.
When all the girls [B] gig and jive, we will move down the river [C#] right in _ _ style.
_ _ [B] Till we meet [G#] Pharaoh's daughter in a [B] barge on the water of the Nile, [Bm] _ that river Nile.
_ [C] While the drums keep beating from [B] the jungle, _ [A#] _ _ _ [D#] with [C] the wild birds singing [B] out so free. _ _
_ _ [Em] We'll be swinging, we'll [B] be rocking, but [Em] we won't be stopping.
[G] Gonna rock that [C#] barge right out to sea.
I'm [F#] gonna swing down the river, have a fling down the river [G#] called the _ _ [C#]
Nile.
_ [F#] Way down in the Euphrates where the [C#] beautiful ladies [B] wear a smile.
[F#] _ That's the style up [Bm] on the Nile. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C#] While the drums keep [Fm] beating from the [C] jungle, _ _ _ _ _ [C#] with the wild birds singing out [G] so free.
[C] _ _ _
_ We'll [Fm] be swinging, we'll be rocking, but we won't [D#] be stopping.
[G#] Gonna rock that [D] barge right out to sea.
[F#] _ _ [B] I'm gonna [G] swing down the river, have a fling down the river [D] called the _ Nile.
_ _ _ Way down in the Euphrates where the beautiful ladies [G] wear a smile. _
That's the style up on the Nile.
[C#] I'm gonna rock that boat down the river, _ [G] river Nile.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ Hi there [Bm] Cleo honey. _
_ I'm gonna float [B] down the river, take a boat down the [G#] river called the Nile.
_ [C#] _
_ _ [F#m] I'll be whining [F#] and dying and hard at work, but just reclining [Bm] every mile on that old [F#] Nile.
When all the girls [B] gig and jive, we will move down the river [C#] right in _ _ style.
_ _ [B] Till we meet [G#] Pharaoh's daughter in a [B] barge on the water of the Nile, [Bm] _ that river Nile.
_ [C] While the drums keep beating from [B] the jungle, _ [A#] _ _ _ [D#] with [C] the wild birds singing [B] out so free. _ _
_ _ [Em] We'll be swinging, we'll [B] be rocking, but [Em] we won't be stopping.
[G] Gonna rock that [C#] barge right out to sea.
I'm [F#] gonna swing down the river, have a fling down the river [G#] called the _ _ [C#]
Nile.
_ [F#] Way down in the Euphrates where the [C#] beautiful ladies [B] wear a smile.
[F#] _ That's the style up [Bm] on the Nile. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C#] While the drums keep [Fm] beating from the [C] jungle, _ _ _ _ _ [C#] with the wild birds singing out [G] so free.
[C] _ _ _
_ We'll [Fm] be swinging, we'll be rocking, but we won't [D#] be stopping.
[G#] Gonna rock that [D] barge right out to sea.
[F#] _ _ [B] I'm gonna [G] swing down the river, have a fling down the river [D] called the _ Nile.
_ _ _ Way down in the Euphrates where the beautiful ladies [G] wear a smile. _
That's the style up on the Nile.
[C#] I'm gonna rock that boat down the river, _ [G] river Nile.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _