{"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":2283121,"song":"The Erie Canal","artist":"Dave Ruch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479159-the-erie-canal-chords-by-dave-ruch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2283121?type=chord","rating":4.30111,"votes":6,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb5[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've got an old mule and her name is Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb5[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe's a good old worker and a good old pal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe've hauled some barges in our day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb5[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFilled with lumber, coal, and hay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb5[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd every inch of the way we know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom Albany to Buffalo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge, everybody down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge for we're coming to a town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll always know your neighbor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll always know your pal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Bb5[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe'd better look 'round for a job old gal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb5[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGit up there mule, here comes a lock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb5[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb5[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne more trip and back we'll go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRight back home to Buffalo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge, everybody down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge I've got the finest mule in town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nOnce a man named Mike McGinty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nTried to pull it over Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow he's at the bottom of the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb5[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, where would I be if I lost my pal?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb5[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA friend of mine once got her sore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Bb5[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow he's got a busted jaw,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb5[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause she let fly with her iron toe,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd kicked him in to Buffalo.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge, everybody down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLow bridge I've got the finest mule in town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nIf you're lookin' round for trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Bb5[/ch]\r\nBetter stay away from Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause she's the only fighting donkey on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb5[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't have to call when I want my Sal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb5[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe trots from her stall like a good old gal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFifteen years on the Erie Canal[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb5[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI eat my meals with Sal each day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI eat beef and she eats hay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb5[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she ain't so slow if you want to know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe put the \"Buff\" in Buffalo[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Dm","C","Bb5","A","F","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}