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Erie Canal easy guitar chords by 
Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
Am
E
C
E
Am
E
We
C
Am
E
Am
C
were
Am
E
Am
40 miles from Albany
Forget it I never shall
C
Dm
Am
What a terrible storm we had one night
On the E- R- I- E canal
C
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
Dm
Am
And gin was getting low
E
Am
F
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
Am
'Til we get to Buffalo
E
'Til we get to Buffalo
Am
C
We were loaded down
with barley
G
C
We were chuck full up on rye
The captain, he looked down on me
With his gol- durn wicked eye
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
G
C
And gin was getting low
F
An' I scarcely think we'll get a drink
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
F
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
Verse 2
Two days out from Syracuse
E
Am
E
C
E
The vessel struck a shoal
Am
We like to all been foundered
On a chunk o' Lackawanna coal
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
And gin was getting low
F
Am
An' I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
Dm
Verse 3
Am
We hollered to the captain
On the towpath, treadin' dirt
E
Am
C
He jumped on board and
Dm
stopped the leak
Am
With his old red flannel shirt
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
C
And the gin was getting low
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
G
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
Verse 4
C
The cook she was a grand ol' gal She wore
a ragged dress
We hoisted her upon the pole
As a signal of distress
G
C
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
Gin was getting low
F
C
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
F
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
Verse 5
'Til we get to Buffalo
C
E
Am
E
Am
E
The winds began to whistle
Am
The waves began to roll
We had to reep our royals
On that raging canal
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
Dm
And gin was getting low
Am
I scarcely think we'll get
a drink
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
'Til we get to Buffalo
Verse 6
C
Well, when we got to Syracuse
Dm
Am
Off- mule he was dead
The nigh mule he got
blind staggers
E
Am
We cracked him on the head
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
The gin was getting low
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
Am
E
Am
'Til we get to Buffalo
C
The captain,
Verse 7
he got married
G
The cook, she went to jail
C
And I'm the only sea cook son
That's left to tell the tale
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
G
C
The gin was getting low
Am
F
C
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
F
C
'Til we get to Buffalo
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