Key: A major
Intro 1
G
Verse 1
G
The day the river freezes is the
Am
day it won't seem fair
C
Cause they'll come to get the river lady
G
And I don't think they'll care
Verse 2
G
I know they'll scrape her paint off
Am
In their same old foolish ways
Verse 3
C
Now the people see the river
G
But the old ship's gone away
C
Water turns cold and gets to freezing
Before you even know it the
D
G
old girl's easing
Bm
Away from her berth round by
C
the point and out of our view
Off in the mist her engines pounding
G
Back on the banks that
old horn's sounding
A little good-bye
Bm
C
A A little I'll do what I must do
A little good-bye
D
C
A A little I'll do what I must do
Interlude 1
G
C
D
G
Verse 4
G
I know I will remember when I
Am
can not hear that horn
C
That would roll up by the mountains
G
As she took us through the storm
I know they've got to take her
Am
But I can't say I approve
C
Cause she's won so many battles
G
That I hate to see her lose
Verse 5
C
Water turns cold and gets to freezing
Before you even know it the
D
G
old girl's easing
Bm
Away from her berth round by
C
the point and out of our view
Off in the mist her engines pounding
G
Back on the banks that old horn's sounding
A little good-bye
Bm
C
D
A A little I'll do what I must
C
G
C
Bm
G
C
G
do
Bm
C
G
A little good-bye
Bm
C
D
C
G
C
G
A A little I'll do what I must
C
D
C
G
Bm
C
G
Bm
do
Interlude 2
C
D
C
G
Verse 6
C
Water turns cold and gets
Outro 1
to freezing
C
D
Bm
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