Key: B major
Verse 1
Cm
F
C
Cm
C
Cm
I went
up on
the levee to pack some sacks in
I thought I'd bring me some money back
I went up on the levee wearing a frown
C
Cm
A big boat up the river
and it can't come down
A big boat up the river
and it can't come down
A big boat up the river,
and it can't come down
C
Cm
Somebody tell my wo man
G
B
G
Somebody tell my
C
Em
C
G
wo man
G
C
Oh, there's a big boat up the river
Cm
G
Cm
C
Cm
and it can't come down
Big boat up the river
blowin' loud and fast
If it don't get to deeper water,
she'll never last
My woman on the levee, shaking her hand
She thinks she's gonna quit me
for some other man
A big boat up the river
and she can't come down
A big boat up the river
and she can't come down
A big boat up the river
and she can't come down
Somebody tell my woman
G
B
G
C
G
C
Somebody tell my woman,
E
Em
G
C
Cm
somebody tell my woman
G
C
There's a big boat up the river
C
Cm
and she can't come down
C
Cm
A big boat up the river,
blowin' loud and fast
If she don't get to deep water,
C
G
C
she'll never last
Thinkin' about the money
that we never had
Somebody tell my woman,
G
B
G
C
somebody tell my woman,
B
G
Cm
somebody tell my woman
G
C
There's a big boat up the river
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