Key: E major
Verse 1
C
Sock it to me
Floatin' down the river
F
with a saturated liver
C
And I wish I could forgive her, but I
F
C
do believe she meant it
When she told me to forget
it, and I bet she will regret it
When they find me in the morning
F
C
wet and drowned
F
Ab
And the word gets 'round
C
I'm goin' down
F
C
I'm goin' down
Verse 2
C
Comin' up for air,
it's pretty stuffy under there
I'd like to say I didn't care,
Am
but I forgot to leave a note
C
And it's so hard to stay afloat,
I'm soakin' wet without a boat
And I knew I should've
taken off my shoes
F
Ab
It's front page news
C
Goin' down
Verse 3
Goin' down
C
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
F
Ab
Hey, hey, hey, hey
C
Verse 4
C
I wish I had another drink,
it wouldn't be so hard to sink
I should've taken time to think,
besides I got the picture straight
She must have had another date,
I didn't need this extra weight
I wish that I could see the way to shore
F
Ab
I don't want no more
C
Goin' down
I'm goin' down
Verse 5
C
And now I see the life I led,
I slept it all away in bed
I should've learned how to swim instead,
and now it's really got me stumped
I can't believe why I jumped,
I'd like to get my tummy pumped
I can't believe they drink
this stuff in town
F
Ab
This dirty brown
C
Goin' down
Goin' down
I'm goin' down
Am
C
Goin' down, hey, hey
Am
Goin' down
C
Goin' down
Am
Goin' down
Goin' down
F
C
Goin' down
Am
Goin' down
Verse 6
C
I wished I'd looked before I leaped
Am
I didn't know it was so deep
C
Been down so far I don't get wet
Am
I haven't touched the bottom yet
C
This river scene is gettin' old
Am
I'm hungry, sleepy, wet and cold
C
She told me to forget it nice
Am
I should have taken her advice
C
Am
I only wanna go on home
F
I'd gladly leave that girl alone
C
What a way to spend the night
Am
If I don't drown, I'll die of fright
C
My pappy taught me how to float
Am
But I can't swim a single note
C
He threw me in to teach me how
Am
I stayed there floatin' like a mama cow
C
And now I've floated way downstream
Am
Know this has to be a dream
C
If I could find my way to shore
Am
I'd never, never do this anymore
F
C
They give you three,
I've been down nine
Am
I'm goin' down just one
more time
C
Goin' down
Am
Goin' down, back
C
Goin' down
Am
Goin' down
C
I'm goin' down, back, back, back
Am
Goin' down, back, back, back, back, huh
C
Back, back, back, huh, back
Am
C
Back, back, back, huh
Am
Goin' down
C
Goin' down
Am
I'm goin' down home
C
I'm goin' back home
Back to my friends
Am
F
C
Back under the warm
Am
And I can do with it, too
C
I'm goin' home, ah
Am
C
Am
Verse 7
C
Now the sky is gettin' light
Am
And everything will be alright
C
Think I finally got the knack
Am
Just floatin' and lazin'
C
on my back
I never really liked that town
Am
C
I think I'll ride the river down
Just movin' slow and floatin' free
Am
There's a river swinging under me
C
Waving back to the folks
Am
on shore
I should've thought of this before
C
I'm floatin' on down to New Orleans
Am
And pick up on some swingin'
C
scenes
I'm gonna know a better day
Am
I'm goin' down groovin'
all the way
C
Goin' down
Go-go-go down
Am
down
down
C
I'm goin' down, back, back, back
Am
Down in New Orleans, back,
back, back, back home
C
Am
I'm go-goin' down, down,
hey, hey, hey, hey
C
Goin' on down, hey, hey, hey, hey
Am
C
I'm go, go, go, goin' down
Am
I'm goin' down
C
Goin' down, go, go
Am
F
C
Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Am
Got to, got to, got to, got to,
got to, got to
C
Am
Got to, got to, got to, got to,
C
got to, got to go
Am
Got to go, got to go back home,
C
I'm goin' down
Am
Down, down, down, down, down,
C
down, down the river now
I gotta go, gotta go,
gotta go, gotta go, gotta go
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