Chords for Roger Whittaker - River Lady (A Little Goodbye) (Liedercircus 23.04.1976)
Tempo:
81.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
C#m
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [A]
The day the river breezes is [Bm] a day won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think [A] they'll care
I know they've got to take her but [B] I can't [Bm] say I approve
Cause [D] she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
[G#] The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back on [A] the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D]
[E] [A] I know I'll remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
[D] That would roll up by the mountains as they took her through [A] the storm
I know they'll scrape her paint off [Bm] in the same foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's [A] gone away
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A [C#m] little goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a [D] little I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before [A] you even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [G#] even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round
The day the river breezes is [Bm] a day won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think [A] they'll care
I know they've got to take her but [B] I can't [Bm] say I approve
Cause [D] she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
[G#] The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back on [A] the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
[D]
[E] [A] I know I'll remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
[D] That would roll up by the mountains as they took her through [A] the storm
I know they'll scrape her paint off [Bm] in the same foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's [A] gone away
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A [C#m] little goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a [D] little I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before [A] you even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [G#] even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round
Key:
D
A
C#m
Bm
E
D
A
C#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ The day the river breezes is [Bm] a day won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think [A] they'll care
I know they've got to take her but [B] I can't [Bm] say I approve
Cause [D] she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
[G#] The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back on [A] the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ I know I'll remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
[D] That would roll up by the mountains as they took her through [A] the storm
I know they'll scrape her paint off [Bm] in the same foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's [A] gone away
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A [C#m] little goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a [D] little I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before [A] you even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [G#] even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ The day the river breezes is [Bm] a day won't seem fair
Cause [D] they'll come to get the river lady and I don't think [A] they'll care
I know they've got to take her but [B] I can't [Bm] say I approve
Cause [D] she's won so many battles that I hate to see [A] her lose
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
[G#] The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back on [A] the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
_ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ I know I'll remember [Bm] when I cannot hear that horn
[D] That would roll up by the mountains as they took her through [A] the storm
I know they'll scrape her paint off [Bm] in the same foolish ways
[D] Now the people see the river but the old ship's [A] gone away
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you even know it
The old girl's easing away [C#m] from her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A [C#m] little goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
A little [E] goodbye, a [D] little I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before [A] you even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round by the point and out [D] of our view
Off in the mist, her engines pounding, back [A] on the banks, that old horn sounding
A little [C#m] goodbye, a little I'll do what I [D] must do
_ A little [E] goodbye, a little [D] I'll do what I [A] must do
Water [D] turns cold and gets to freezing before you [G#] even know it
The old girl's easing away from [C#m] her birth, round