Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Db
Ebsus4
Ab
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Ebsus4
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Ebsus4
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Verse 1
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Ab
Gm
From this day on I own my father's gun
Eb
Cm
Ab
beneath the sun
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G
I laid his broken body down
Cm
Eb
Ab
below the Southern land
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Cm
It wouldn't do to bury him
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Bb
where any Yankee stands
Verse 2
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Ab
I'll take my horse and I'll ride
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Bb
Gm
the northern plain
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Bb
To wear the color of the greys
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Bb
Ab
Bb
and join the fight again
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Bb
Ab
cause is fought and won
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Cm
From this day on until I die
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Verse 3
G
Cm
I'd like to know where the
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Eb
Ab
riverboat sails to night
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Cm
To New Orleans well that's
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Ab
just fine alright
Bb
G
Cm
Bb
the company needs men
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Ab
Bbsus4
Bb
So slip us a rope and sail on round
Interlude 1
the bend
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Ebsus4
Eb
Ab
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Verse 4
Ab
Gm
As soon as this is over we'll go home
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Eb
Ab
justice in our bones
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G
Cm
To watch the children growing and
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Eb
Ab
see the women sew ing
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Bb
Verse 5
G
Cm
I'd like to know where the
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Ab
riverboat sails tonight
G
Cm
To New Orleans well that's
Bb
Ab
just fine alright
Bb
G
and the company needs men
Cm
Bb
All I said, all I said,
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Bbm
Bb
slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
Eb
Verse 6
G
Cm
I'd like to know where the
Bb
Ab
riverboat sails tonight
G
Cm
To New Orleans well that's
Bb
Ab
just fine alright
Bb
G
and the company needs men
Cm
Bb
All I said, all I said,
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Bbsus4
Bb
Eb
slip us a rope and sail on round the bend, oh
Verse 7
G
Cm
I'd like to know where the
Bb
Ab
riverboat, the riverboat sails tonight
G
Cm
To New Orleans well that's
Bbm
Ab
just fine alright
Bb
G
and the company needs men
Cm
Bb
All I said, all I said,
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Bb
slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
Ebsus4
Eb
Verse 8
G
Cm
I'd like to know where the riverboat,
Bbm
Ab
the riverboat, the riverboat sails tonight
G
Cm
To New Orleans well that's just fine,
Bbm
Ab
that's just fine alright
Bb
G
and the company needs men
Cm
Bb
Ab
Bb
All I said is slip us a rope and sail
on round the bend
Ebsus4
Eb
Verse 9
Gm
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Cm
I'd like to know where the
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Ab
riverboat sails tonight
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Cm
To New Orleans well that's just fine,
Bbm
Ab
that's just fine alright
Bb
G
and the company needs men
Cm
Bbm
All I said, all I said,
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Bb
slip us a rope and sail on round the bend
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Ab
Eb
G
Verse 10
Cm
Bbm
Ab
G
Riverboat sails tonight
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Ab
F
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Cm
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Ah ah ah ah
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Slip us a rope, sail, sail around,
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Cm
sail around the bend
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Ab
Riverboat sails to night
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Cm
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