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Song Of The Steamboat chords by 
Merle Travis 
N/A•
Key: C major•BPM: 143
Verse 1
C
Thank you.
In addition to being just about
the greatest guitar player you'll find,
Merle Travis has written a lot
of mighty fine songs
during his years in show business.
Here's one of them that tells the story
of the old steamboats,
the old stern wheelers
A
that puff up and down
C
the Ohio and the Mississippi.
Used to anyway.
Merle wrote a song
that tells their colorful story.
And here are the three rays
to sing it for you.
The three rays where
Cdim
C
Song of the Steamboat
Cdim
Steamboat Song
C
See that steamboat moving along
F
She's my dreamboat,
theme of my song
C
E
Just see that stern wheel turn
A
and look at the steam
D
She's a part of the river
G
as she follows the stream
C
When she moans in the middle of night
F
Makes me say that someday I might
C
Lay down my heavy load
E
A
and get on board
D
And sing the song of the
G
C
steamboat all day
E
Willows on the sandy shore
B
E
Sleep and dream all day
G
But when that steamboat
rounds that bend
D
G
You'll see the willows start to wave
C
Let that freight train roll in the rain
F
Let that airplane rumble and sail
C
E
But when I long to roam and
A
ramble from home,
D
I'll sing the song of the
C
Cm
C
steamboat all day.
E
Willows on the shore,
B
E
sleep and dream all day.
G
But when the steamboat
rounds that bend,
D
G
you'll see the willows start to wave.
Ab
Db
Let that freight train roll in the rain
F#
Let that airplane rumble and sail
Db
F
But when I long to roam
Bb
and ramble for more
Eb
I'll sing this song that'll
Ab
Db
distinguish all day
Dbm
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Db
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Outro 1
Db
Eb
Db
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