Chords for John Hartford - Learning To Smile -10 Gum Tree Canoe
Tempo:
115 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
F#
D#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A]
[E] [F#]
[E] [A] [E]
On the tall Bigby [A] River so bright [E] I was born in a hut made of husks [B] of the tall [C#] yellow corn.
[E] there I first spied my [A] [E] Julius so true and arode her about [Bm] in my [D#] gum [E]
[A]
[E] [F#] [D#] tree.
And way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather [F#] will flow [E] in our gum tree.
[E] [F#]
[E] [A] [E]
On the tall Bigby [A] River so bright [E] I was born in a hut made of husks [B] of the tall [C#] yellow corn.
[E] there I first spied my [A] [E] Julius so true and arode her about [Bm] in my [D#] gum [E]
[A]
[E] [F#] [D#] tree.
And way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather [F#] will flow [E] in our gum tree.
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On the tall Bigby [A] River so bright [E] I was born in a hut made of husks [B] of the tall [C#] yellow corn.
[D#] And [E] there I first spied my [A] [E] Julius so true and arode her about [Bm] in my [D#] gum _ [E] _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] tree.
[E] _
_ And way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather [F#] will flow [E] in our gum tree. _
All _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
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day in the fields of soft cotton I'd hoe and I'd think of my Julia [F#] and [B] sing.
[C#m] _ [G] [E] And it gets me a bird [A] with a [E] wing _ and at night sail [B] around in my [D#m] gum tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will [F#] flow in our gum [B] tree.
[E] Singing, and way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather will flow in our gum tree. _ _
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_ _ _ _ With my hands a [A] banjo and a toe [E] on the oar I'd sing to the sound [B] of the river's [C#] soft roar.
[E] All the stars, they looked down on my Julius so true and danced in her [C#] eyes of _ [D#] _ [E] mine. _
And way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will [F#] flow in our [G#m] gum tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will flow in our gum tree. _ _
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_ _ _ _ One day a stream bore us so far away that we couldn't come back so [Bm] we thought we'd [C#] just [D#] stay.
[E] Then we spotted a tall ship with a flag of true blue and it took us in [C#] tow in our [D#] gum tree.
_ [E] Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather [F#] will flow in [C#m] our gum [D#] tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a [A] feather [F#] will flow in our gum tree.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
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On the tall Bigby [A] River so bright [E] I was born in a hut made of husks [B] of the tall [C#] yellow corn.
[D#] And [E] there I first spied my [A] [E] Julius so true and arode her about [Bm] in my [D#] gum _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] tree.
[E] _
_ And way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather [F#] will flow [E] in our gum tree. _
All _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
day in the fields of soft cotton I'd hoe and I'd think of my Julia [F#] and [B] sing.
[C#m] _ [G] [E] And it gets me a bird [A] with a [E] wing _ and at night sail [B] around in my [D#m] gum tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will [F#] flow in our gum [B] tree.
[E] Singing, and way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a feather will flow in our gum tree. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ With my hands a [A] banjo and a toe [E] on the oar I'd sing to the sound [B] of the river's [C#] soft roar.
[E] All the stars, they looked down on my Julius so true and danced in her [C#] eyes of _ [D#] _ [E] mine. _
And way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will [F#] flow in our [G#m] gum tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather will flow in our gum tree. _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ One day a stream bore us so far away that we couldn't come back so [Bm] we thought we'd [C#] just [D#] stay.
[E] Then we spotted a tall ship with a flag of true blue and it took us in [C#] tow in our [D#] gum tree.
_ [E] Singing, and way, oh, [A] the water's so blue [E] like a feather [F#] will flow in [C#m] our gum [D#] tree.
[E] _ Singing, and way, oh, the [A] water's so [E] blue like a [A] feather [F#] will flow in our gum tree.
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_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ _ _
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