Chords for Steamboat Bill - Arthur Collins (1911)
Tempo:
72.6 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Db
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Fm] [F]
[Dm] [F]
Down the Mississippi steam the Whitmore will,
Commanded by that [C] pilot, Mr.
Steamboat Bill.
[F] The owners gave him orders [Bb] on the strict [G] duty
[F] To try and beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Just heat up your [C] fires, let the old smoke [F] grow,
Burn up all your [C] cargo if you run out of coal.
[F] If we don't beat that record, [Bb] Billy told the [Db] mate,
Send [F] the mail and chair of Peter to the Golden Gate.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, a mighty [F] man was he.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Gonna beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Offence sent the [C] gambling man from Louisville,
Who tried to get that bet [C] against the Whitmore will.
[F] Billy flashed the roll [Bb] that surely [Fm] was a fair,
The boiler [F] it exploded, blew them up in the air.
The gambler said to Billy as they left the wreck,
I don't know where we're going, but [C] we're neck and [F] neck.
Says Bill to the [Bb] gambler, tell you [Db] what I'll do,
I'll [F] bet another thousand I'll go higher than you.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, the tide it made him swear.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
The explosion of the boiler got him up in the air.
[Dm] [F]
The river's all in mourning now for Steamboat Bill,
No more you'll hear the puffing [C] of the Whitmore will.
[F] There's a crape on [Cm] every steamboat [Bb] that plows those [Db] streams,
[F] From Memphis right to Natchez down to New Orleans.
The wife of Mr.
[Gm] William wasn't [C] home in bed,
[F] When she got the [C] telegram that Steamboat's dead.
[F] Said she to the children, bless each [Db] honey [F] lamb,
The next papa that you have will be a railroad man.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised land.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised [B] land.
[F] [N]
[Dm] [F]
Down the Mississippi steam the Whitmore will,
Commanded by that [C] pilot, Mr.
Steamboat Bill.
[F] The owners gave him orders [Bb] on the strict [G] duty
[F] To try and beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Just heat up your [C] fires, let the old smoke [F] grow,
Burn up all your [C] cargo if you run out of coal.
[F] If we don't beat that record, [Bb] Billy told the [Db] mate,
Send [F] the mail and chair of Peter to the Golden Gate.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, a mighty [F] man was he.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Gonna beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Offence sent the [C] gambling man from Louisville,
Who tried to get that bet [C] against the Whitmore will.
[F] Billy flashed the roll [Bb] that surely [Fm] was a fair,
The boiler [F] it exploded, blew them up in the air.
The gambler said to Billy as they left the wreck,
I don't know where we're going, but [C] we're neck and [F] neck.
Says Bill to the [Bb] gambler, tell you [Db] what I'll do,
I'll [F] bet another thousand I'll go higher than you.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, the tide it made him swear.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
The explosion of the boiler got him up in the air.
[Dm] [F]
The river's all in mourning now for Steamboat Bill,
No more you'll hear the puffing [C] of the Whitmore will.
[F] There's a crape on [Cm] every steamboat [Bb] that plows those [Db] streams,
[F] From Memphis right to Natchez down to New Orleans.
The wife of Mr.
[Gm] William wasn't [C] home in bed,
[F] When she got the [C] telegram that Steamboat's dead.
[F] Said she to the children, bless each [Db] honey [F] lamb,
The next papa that you have will be a railroad man.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised land.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised [B] land.
[F] [N]
Key:
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C
Bb
Db
Fm
F
C
Bb
_ [F] _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Down the Mississippi steam the Whitmore will,
Commanded by that [C] pilot, Mr.
Steamboat Bill.
[F] The owners gave him orders [Bb] on the strict [G] duty
[F] To try and beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Just heat up your [C] fires, let the old smoke [F] grow,
Burn up all your [C] cargo if you run out of coal.
[F] If we don't beat that record, [Bb] Billy told the [Db] mate,
Send [F] the mail and chair of Peter to the Golden Gate.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, a mighty [F] man was he.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Gonna beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Offence sent the [C] gambling man from Louisville,
Who tried to get that bet [C] against the Whitmore will.
[F] Billy flashed the roll [Bb] that surely [Fm] was a fair,
The boiler [F] it exploded, blew them up in the air.
The gambler said to Billy as they left the wreck,
I don't know where we're going, but [C] we're neck and [F] neck.
Says Bill to the [Bb] gambler, tell you [Db] what I'll do,
I'll [F] bet another thousand I'll go higher than you.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, the tide it made him swear.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
The explosion of the boiler got him up in the air.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
The river's all in mourning now for Steamboat Bill,
No more you'll hear the puffing [C] of the Whitmore will.
[F] There's a crape on [Cm] every steamboat [Bb] that plows those [Db] streams,
[F] From Memphis right to Natchez down to New Orleans.
The wife of Mr.
[Gm] William wasn't [C] home in bed,
[F] When she got the [C] telegram that Steamboat's dead.
[F] Said she to the children, bless each [Db] honey [F] lamb,
The next papa that you have will be a railroad man.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised land.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised [B] land.
[F] _ _ _ [N] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Down the Mississippi steam the Whitmore will,
Commanded by that [C] pilot, Mr.
Steamboat Bill.
[F] The owners gave him orders [Bb] on the strict [G] duty
[F] To try and beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee.
Just heat up your [C] fires, let the old smoke [F] grow,
Burn up all your [C] cargo if you run out of coal.
[F] If we don't beat that record, [Bb] Billy told the [Db] mate,
Send [F] the mail and chair of Peter to the Golden Gate.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, a mighty [F] man was he.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, steaming down the Mississippi,
Gonna beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Offence sent the [C] gambling man from Louisville,
Who tried to get that bet [C] against the Whitmore will.
[F] Billy flashed the roll [Bb] that surely [Fm] was a fair,
The boiler [F] it exploded, blew them up in the air.
The gambler said to Billy as they left the wreck,
I don't know where we're going, but [C] we're neck and [F] neck.
Says Bill to the [Bb] gambler, tell you [Db] what I'll do,
I'll [F] bet another thousand I'll go higher than you.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, the tide it made him swear.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, he tore up the Mississippi,
The explosion of the boiler got him up in the air.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
The river's all in mourning now for Steamboat Bill,
No more you'll hear the puffing [C] of the Whitmore will.
[F] There's a crape on [Cm] every steamboat [Bb] that plows those [Db] streams,
[F] From Memphis right to Natchez down to New Orleans.
The wife of Mr.
[Gm] William wasn't [C] home in bed,
[F] When she got the [C] telegram that Steamboat's dead.
[F] Said she to the children, bless each [Db] honey [F] lamb,
The next papa that you have will be a railroad man.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised land.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
Steamboat Bill, is with an angel band.
Oh, Steamboat Bill, missing on the Mississippi,
He's a pilot on a ferry in that promised [B] land.
[F] _ _ _ [N] _