Chords for Roger Whittaker - River Lady (1981)
Tempo:
81.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
C#m
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
The day the river freezes is the [Bm] day it won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think they'll [A] care
I know they'll scrape her paint off in [Bm] their same old foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's gone [A] away
[D] Water turns cold and gets to freezing [C] before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on [A] her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D] I
[E] [A] know I will remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
That [D] would roll up by the mountains as she took us through [A] the storm
I know they've got to take her [Bm] but I can't say I approve
[D] Cause she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
[D] Water turns cold and [F#] gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A [E] little goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to [E] freezing before you even know it
The old girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on her [A] back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I must [D] do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I must [A] do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [A] even know it
The old girl's easing [C#m] away from her berth round by the point and out of our view
[D]
The day the river freezes is the [Bm] day it won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think they'll [A] care
I know they'll scrape her paint off in [Bm] their same old foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's gone [A] away
[D] Water turns cold and gets to freezing [C] before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on [A] her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D] I
[E] [A] know I will remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
That [D] would roll up by the mountains as she took us through [A] the storm
I know they've got to take her [Bm] but I can't say I approve
[D] Cause she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
[D] Water turns cold and [F#] gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A [E] little goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to [E] freezing before you even know it
The old girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on her [A] back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I must [D] do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I must [A] do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [A] even know it
The old girl's easing [C#m] away from her berth round by the point and out of our view
[D]
Key:
D
A
C#m
E
Bm
D
A
C#m
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The day the river freezes is the [Bm] day it won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think they'll [A] care
I know they'll scrape her paint off in [Bm] their same old foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's gone [A] away
[D] Water turns cold and gets to freezing [C] before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on [A] her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D] I _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ know I will remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
That [D] would roll up by the mountains as she took us through [A] the storm
I know they've got to take her [Bm] but I can't say I approve
[D] Cause she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
[D] Water turns cold and [F#] gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A [E] little goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to [E] freezing before you even know it
The old girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on her [A] back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I must [D] do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I must [A] do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [A] even know it
The old girl's easing [C#m] away from her berth round by the point and out of our view
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The day the river freezes is the [Bm] day it won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think they'll [A] care
I know they'll scrape her paint off in [Bm] their same old foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's gone [A] away
[D] Water turns cold and gets to freezing [C] before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on [A] her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D] I _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ know I will remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
That [D] would roll up by the mountains as she took us through [A] the storm
I know they've got to take her [Bm] but I can't say I approve
[D] Cause she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
[D] Water turns cold and [F#] gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A [E] little goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to [E] freezing before you even know it
The old girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out [D] of our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back [A] on her back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old [E] girl's [C#m] easing away from her berth round by the point and out of [D] our view
_ Off in the mist her engine's pounding back on her [A] back's that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I must [D] do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I must [A] do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [A] even know it
The old girl's easing [C#m] away from her berth round by the point and out of our view
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _