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