Riverboat chords by Florence Rawlings

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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 (E major) her on a har (G major) vest moon
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Once  (A major) upon a time  (C major) in  (B major) the Mid (E minor) 
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west (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (A minor)  (B major) 
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 (B minor) She  (E major) told me as we stole  (G major) away  (A major) 
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That she was  (C major) freer than  (B major) all
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the rest  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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With  (C major) her hair  (G major) cut like a farm  (D major) boy
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And  (E minor) her  (F major) calm so close to her  (C major) edge
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Just how much  (G major) harm she could do  (D major) me
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No,  (F major) I never would have  (C major) guessed  (A major) 
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 (E major) Don't go chasing wild ponies  (A major) 
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They're  (E major) half -crazy and they run (A major) 
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Don't  (E major) go loving short
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They're  (D major) gonna leave you cry (A major) ing
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After think (D major) in' it was all in
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fun  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (C major)  (A major) 
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 (G major) We  (E major)  (E minor) came upon a boomer  (G major) shack
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She  (A major) broke the win (C major) dows just  (B major) be
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cause  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (C major)  (A major)  (B minor) 
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There  (E minor) along the railroad  (G major) track (A major) 
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She laid me down,  (C major) 
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that's  (B major) how she was  (E major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (C major) 
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With  (B major) the first  (G major) rush of the freight  (D major) train
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There was  (F major) rain on the high
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summer pond  (C major) 
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Oh, it's  (G major) just a game, she told  (D major) me
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I said no,  (F major) I am re (C major) born  (A major) 
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 (E major) Don't go chasing wild ponies  (A major) 
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 (E major) They're half crazy when they run (A major) 
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Don't  (E major) go lovin' short
-haired women
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They're  (D major) gonna leave you cryin'  (A major) 
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After thinkin'  (D major) it was all
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in  (E major) fun  (E minor)  (G major) 
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Mmmmm,  (A major)  (C major) all  (B major) in fun (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (B major) 
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 (E major) As for where (E minor)  (G major) abouts
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I  (A major) hear she's  (C major) livin' in  (E minor) Baton
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Rouge  (E major)  (G major)  (A major)  (A minor)  (D major) 
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Giv (E major) in' all  (E minor) those  (G major) creole men
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 (A major) The  (C major) short -haired wo (B major) man blue
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (F major) ooooooooooooooo  (C major) 
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The short hair woman  (G major) blues
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Music  (A major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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 (D major)  (A major) 
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Well,  (E major) don't go lovin' short
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They're  (D major) gonna leave you cry (A major) in'
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After thinking it was  (D major) all in  (G major) fun  (D major) 
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