{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1014640,"song":"The River Driver","artist":"Great Big Sea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11224013-the-river-driver-chords-by-great-big-sea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1014640?type=chord","rating":4.79619,"votes":24,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAfter six months hard labour, at home I did arrive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nNow I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGet drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhere she can sit and view me as I go passing by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWhere she can sit and view me as I go marching on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch] \r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGet drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nJust wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nJust get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGet drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nGet drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B","C#m","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}