My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song) chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
(D major) (B minor) (D major) (B minor) Sail (D major) (A major) ing (D major) down
(A major) my (D major) dirty stream (B minor)
(D major) Still I (E minor) love it and I'll (B minor) keep the dream (D major)
That (A major) some day,
though maybe not (D major) this year (B minor)
(D major) My Hud (E minor) son River (D major) will once
again (B minor) run clear (D major)
Verse 2
It starts high in (E minor) the moun (D major) tains
of the north (B minor) (D major)
Crystal clear and icy (B minor) trickles forth (E minor) (D major)
(A major) With just a few floating wrap
(B minor) pers of chewing gum
(D major) Dropped by some hikers (E minor) to
warn (D major) of things to come
At Glens (A major) Falls,
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Verse 3
five thou (D major) sand honest hands
Work (E minor) at the consol (D major) idated
paper plant (B minor)
(A major) Five million (B minor) gallon (D major) s of (B minor) waste a day (D major)
Why should we (E minor) do it any (D major)
oth (B minor) er way? (D major)
Verse 4
Down the valley (D major) one million toilet chains
Find my Hudson (A major) so (D major) convenient
place to drain (A major)
And (D major) each little city says, "Who, me?
Do (B minor) you think (E minor) that (A major) sewage
(D major) plants (B minor) come free?" (D major) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 5
Out in the ocean (D major) they say
the water's clear
But (E minor) I live (A major) right (D major) at Beacon (B minor) here (D major)
Half way between the
(B minor) moun (D major) tains and sea (B minor)
(D major) Tacking (E minor) to and fro,
this thought (D major) re (A major) turns (D major) to me
Verse 6
(D major) Well it's Sailing up my dirty stream (B minor)
(D major) Still I love it an (B minor) d I'll (A major) dream
(D major) That some (A major) day,
(D major) though maybe not this year (B minor)
(D major) My Hudson (E minor) and my (D major) country
will run (B minor) clear (D major) (G major)
(D major) (D major)
My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song)
Pete Seeger
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