Bonita And Bill Butler Chords by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Tempo:
103.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
D
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [D] [C] [Em]
[A] [Em] I grew up in the sampling [A] yards of Wheeling, West Virginia, [Em]
[C] a wheelhouse cub looking [Em] for
an open door.
In the back it weighs a sweeney with [D] the keel of [A] my Bonita, [C] just two months from [D] her timbers
[Em] till she morn.
I paid the fair and bullet [D] on her maiden [A] voyage to Vicksburg, and [C] taught my way to [G] hand the
[Em] tiller on the coals.
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed [E] the valve be [A] my Bonita, and [C] her dowry was
[D] my life [Em] between the shores.
I was born with [D] wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
[C] From the park calls and the [B] bods that led me straight.
[Em] The county [D] hope serenades [C] made the old [G] towns come running, [C] and the boys would gamble shards
to [B] pull her chains.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting loves about [Em] the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, [C] and how
the old girls got [D] poor Billy's [Em] ransom safe.
[E] [Em]
[A]
[C] [Am] [Em]
[G]
[A] [C] [G]
[Em] On the lake at Misteno [D] she set the [Em] wharf at [A] Dixie, [C] with a thousand bales [Em] of cotton on her mane.
As the great raft disappeared, [Dm] the water [A] mark went sinking, and she [C] was stuck right [D] hard
a listing [Em] on the bane.
With a furnace still ablaze, [D] I stood [E] my last upon her, [C] and then climbed the prow [D] and took
a [E] landsman's train.
[Em] A derelict now my lady, [D] said the watch log I've [A] concorded, [C] have the bulls and [Em] sound to
say bells for the change.
Cause I was born [Dm] with wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
[C] From the park calls and the bods that [B] led me straight.
The [Em] county hope [A]
[D] serenades [C] made the old towns [G] come running.
[C] And the boys would gamble shards to pull her [B] chains.
And [Em] I would take [E] to winter walks, [C] so the gin I [G] stopped to drink in.
[C] At three scores the loft is [B] crooked framed.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting [Em] loves about the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, and [C] how
the old girls got [D] poor [Em] Billy's ransom safe.
[G]
[Em] [C]
[G] [Em] [E]
[G] [A]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em]
[A] [Em] I grew up in the sampling [A] yards of Wheeling, West Virginia, [Em]
[C] a wheelhouse cub looking [Em] for
an open door.
In the back it weighs a sweeney with [D] the keel of [A] my Bonita, [C] just two months from [D] her timbers
[Em] till she morn.
I paid the fair and bullet [D] on her maiden [A] voyage to Vicksburg, and [C] taught my way to [G] hand the
[Em] tiller on the coals.
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed [E] the valve be [A] my Bonita, and [C] her dowry was
[D] my life [Em] between the shores.
I was born with [D] wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
[C] From the park calls and the [B] bods that led me straight.
[Em] The county [D] hope serenades [C] made the old [G] towns come running, [C] and the boys would gamble shards
to [B] pull her chains.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting loves about [Em] the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, [C] and how
the old girls got [D] poor Billy's [Em] ransom safe.
[E] [Em]
[A]
[C] [Am] [Em]
[G]
[A] [C] [G]
[Em] On the lake at Misteno [D] she set the [Em] wharf at [A] Dixie, [C] with a thousand bales [Em] of cotton on her mane.
As the great raft disappeared, [Dm] the water [A] mark went sinking, and she [C] was stuck right [D] hard
a listing [Em] on the bane.
With a furnace still ablaze, [D] I stood [E] my last upon her, [C] and then climbed the prow [D] and took
a [E] landsman's train.
[Em] A derelict now my lady, [D] said the watch log I've [A] concorded, [C] have the bulls and [Em] sound to
say bells for the change.
Cause I was born [Dm] with wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
[C] From the park calls and the bods that [B] led me straight.
The [Em] county hope [A]
[D] serenades [C] made the old towns [G] come running.
[C] And the boys would gamble shards to pull her [B] chains.
And [Em] I would take [E] to winter walks, [C] so the gin I [G] stopped to drink in.
[C] At three scores the loft is [B] crooked framed.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting [Em] loves about the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, and [C] how
the old girls got [D] poor [Em] Billy's ransom safe.
[G]
[Em] [C]
[G] [Em] [E]
[G] [A]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em]
Key:
C
Em
D
A
G
C
Em
D
[Em] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] I grew up in the sampling [A] yards of Wheeling, West Virginia, _ _ [Em]
[C] a wheelhouse cub looking [Em] for
an open door. _
In the back it weighs a sweeney with [D] the keel of [A] my Bonita, _ _ [C] just two months from [D] her timbers
[Em] till she morn.
_ I paid the fair and bullet [D] on her maiden [A] voyage to Vicksburg, and [C] taught my way to [G] hand the
[Em] tiller on the coals.
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed [E] the valve be [A] my Bonita, _ and [C] her dowry was
[D] my life [Em] between the shores.
I was born with [D] wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
_ [C] From the park calls and the [B] bods that led me straight.
_ [Em] The county [D] hope serenades [C] made the old [G] towns come running, _ _ [C] and the boys would gamble shards
to [B] pull her chains.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting loves about [Em] the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, _ [C] and how
the old girls got [D] poor Billy's [Em] ransom safe.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ On the lake at Misteno [D] she set the [Em] wharf at [A] Dixie, _ [C] with a thousand bales [Em] of cotton on her mane.
_ As the great raft disappeared, [Dm] the water [A] mark went sinking, _ and she [C] was stuck right [D] hard
a listing [Em] on the bane.
_ With a furnace still ablaze, [D] I stood [E] my last upon her, _ [C] and then climbed the prow [D] and took
a [E] landsman's train.
[Em] _ _ A derelict now my lady, [D] said the watch log I've [A] concorded, _ [C] have the bulls and [Em] sound to
say bells for the change.
Cause I was born [Dm] with wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
_ _ [C] From the park calls and the bods that [B] led me straight.
The [Em] county hope [A]
[D] serenades [C] made the old towns [G] come running. _ _
[C] And the boys would gamble shards to pull her [B] _ chains.
And [Em] I would take [E] to winter walks, [C] so the gin I [G] stopped to drink in.
_ [C] At three scores the loft is [B] crooked framed.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting [Em] loves about the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, and [C] how
the old girls got [D] poor [Em] Billy's ransom safe.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] I grew up in the sampling [A] yards of Wheeling, West Virginia, _ _ [Em]
[C] a wheelhouse cub looking [Em] for
an open door. _
In the back it weighs a sweeney with [D] the keel of [A] my Bonita, _ _ [C] just two months from [D] her timbers
[Em] till she morn.
_ I paid the fair and bullet [D] on her maiden [A] voyage to Vicksburg, and [C] taught my way to [G] hand the
[Em] tiller on the coals.
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed [E] the valve be [A] my Bonita, _ and [C] her dowry was
[D] my life [Em] between the shores.
I was born with [D] wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
_ [C] From the park calls and the [B] bods that led me straight.
_ [Em] The county [D] hope serenades [C] made the old [G] towns come running, _ _ [C] and the boys would gamble shards
to [B] pull her chains.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting loves about [Em] the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, _ [C] and how
the old girls got [D] poor Billy's [Em] ransom safe.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ On the lake at Misteno [D] she set the [Em] wharf at [A] Dixie, _ [C] with a thousand bales [Em] of cotton on her mane.
_ As the great raft disappeared, [Dm] the water [A] mark went sinking, _ and she [C] was stuck right [D] hard
a listing [Em] on the bane.
_ With a furnace still ablaze, [D] I stood [E] my last upon her, _ [C] and then climbed the prow [D] and took
a [E] landsman's train.
[Em] _ _ A derelict now my lady, [D] said the watch log I've [A] concorded, _ [C] have the bulls and [Em] sound to
say bells for the change.
Cause I was born [Dm] with wogan waist, [C] and she steered me [G] like a woman.
_ _ [C] From the park calls and the bods that [B] led me straight.
The [Em] county hope [A]
[D] serenades [C] made the old towns [G] come running. _ _
[C] And the boys would gamble shards to pull her [B] _ chains.
And [Em] I would take [E] to winter walks, [C] so the gin I [G] stopped to drink in.
_ [C] At three scores the loft is [B] crooked framed.
The [C] strikers boasted [D] fainting [Em] loves about the wrecks the [A] shoals were keeping, and [C] how
the old girls got [D] poor [Em] Billy's ransom safe.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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