Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down

Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down easy guitar chords by Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger

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  • Verse 1
    and my family 
    live 
    on the banks 
    of the 

    Hudson 

    River, 
    and we've 
    got a project 
    there 
    that's 

    little 
    bit unlike 
    anything 

    I've ever 
    heard. 

    We're 
    getting the river 

    clean 
    by sailing 
    sailboat 

    up 
    and down. 

    Now you 
    wouldn't 
    think, what 

    can a 
    sailboat 
    do? 

    It can't 
    actually 
    clean 
    up the 
    river 

    itself. 

    But what 
    we do 
    is 
    we bring 
    people 

    together 
    at 
    the edge 
    of the 
    river. 

    And you 
    know, you 
    bring 

    people 
    together 
    for any 
    purpose 
    whatsoever, 

    you're 
    in 
    politics. 

    You 
    can bring 
    them 
    together 

    to 
    drink 
    beer 
    or 
    to watch 
    football 
    game 

    but you're 
    affecting 
    the 
    body 
    politic. 

    And 
    the river 
    has 
    gotten 
    cleaner. 

    We're 
    swimming 
    in the 

    Hudson 
    again. 

    Anyway 
    this 
    is just 
    one 
    of the many 

    songs 
    sung 
    by the 

    Clearwater 
    gang 
    up and 
    down the 
    river. 

    sing 
    sailing 
    up 
    you 
    got 
    to 
    repeat 
    it after 

    me 
    sailing 
    up 
    sailing 
    down 
    after 

    that 
    you 
    have 
    to 
    reverse 
    it 
    say 
    up 
    you 

    say 
    down 
    say 
    you go 

    Sailin' 
    up, 
    sailin' 
    down, 
    sailin' 
    down, 
    up, 

    down, 
    down, 
    up, 
    up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Sailin' 
    on, 
    stoppin' 
    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now, 

    but 
    she's 
    gettin' 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day 

    Singin' 
    here, 
    singin' 
    here, 
    singin' 
    there, 

    singin' 
    there, 
    here, 
    there, 
    there 

    Up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 
    sailing 
    on 

    Verse 2
    Stalking 
    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    Verse 3

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now 

    Verse 4
    But 
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day 

    Hey, 

    Interlude 1
    Steve, 
    play 
    it. 






    Verse 5
    Come, 
    go, 
    up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Sailing 
    on, 
    stopping 

    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now 

    But 
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 

    every 
    day 

    Garbage 
    here, 
    garbage 
    there 

    Up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    It's 
    headed 
    off, 

    stopping 
    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    There 
    is 
    baby 
    birdie 
    now 

    But 
    she's 
    getting 
    meaner 

    every 
    day 

    Catching 
    fish, 
    catching 
    fish 

    Catching 
    hell, 
    catching 
    hell 

    Hell, 
    fish, 
    fish, 
    hell 

    Up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    It's 
    headed 
    off, 

    stopping 
    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    Verse 6

    river 
    makes 
    me 
    dirty 
    now 

    Verse 7
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day 

    Interlude 2
    Workin' 








    Verse 8
    One 
    more 
    time! 

    Sailing 
    up

    Sailing 
    up 

    Sailing 
    down 

    Sailing 
    down 

    Up 

    Down 

    Down 

    Up 

    Up 
    and 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Sailing 
    on 

    Stopping 
    all 
    along 
    the 
    way 

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now, 

    but 
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day. 

    What 
    did you 
    just 
    say? 

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now, 

    but 
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day. 

    Oh, 
    tell 
    me 
    that once 
    again. 

    The 
    river 
    may 
    be 
    dirty 
    now, 

    but 
    she's 
    getting 
    cleaner 
    every 
    day. 

    Outro 1


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