Chords for Rick Danko - Blue River ( Live on Canadian TV )

[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ Old man go [C] [G] off to the river _ [Bb]
to [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] wash his pail [Dm] of wool. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] He could go _ [F] if he wanted [Dm]
to.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] It's just, [Bm] _ _ I _ _ [N] forgot here, I didn't have my volume switch up.
[Dm] Okay. _ _
Old man [F] go off [G] to the river _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
to [Db] wash his pail [Dm] of wool. _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[G] He could go _ [F] if he [Dm] wanted to.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Well, [G] it's just a boat _ [F] to [Dm] row, you know.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F]
Blue _ [Bb] river keep red [F]
on row.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] All along _ [D]
the [Dm] _ shoreline.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] Keep us safe [F] from the [C] deep [Dm] and the dark.
[Bb] _
_ We [C] don't want to stray _ [F] too far.
Well, _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] I spent the day [B] with [G] my old [Bb] dog _ _ [C] Moe.
_ Walking [Db] down an [A] old [Dm] dirt road.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] What he's thinking about, [F] well, _ [Dm] I don't know.
_ [Bb] _
But for him, [G] I'll bet the time [F] must [Dm] go so _ slow. _
_ [G] He's just a dog, you know. _
Listen to [F] me, Moe.
Blue _ [Bb] river keep red [C] on row. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] All along _ [Dm] the _ shoreline.
[F] _
_ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Keep us safe [F] from the _ deep [Dm] and the dark.
_ [Bb] _ We [C] don't want to stray [F] too _ far. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Well, [F] a young man stands [G] with his axe [Bb] in his hand.
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] Believing that the crops [Dm] are all in.
_ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G]
Firewood stacked, _ [F] but it's ten [Dm] by ten.
[Bb] For the white, the [G]
folks, the kids, [F] and _ all [Dm]
of the kin.
_ _ And a [G] friend.
_ _ Listen to [F] me now.
Blue _ _ [Bb] river keep red [C] on row. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] All _ along [Dm] the shoreline.
[F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] Keep us safe [F] from the deep [Dm] and the dark.
_ [Bb] _ We don't [C] want to stray _ [F] too far.
_ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ We don't [C] want to [F] _ _
stray _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
too _ _ _ [F] _ _
far.
[Dm] _ _ Don't [Bb] want to stray _ _ _ _ too [F] _
far.
[Am] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] Yeah. _ _ _ _