{"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":2589840,"song":"Riverboat Song","artist":"Gillian Welch","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11518525-riverboat-song-chords-by-gillian-welch/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2589840?type=chord","rating":4.76204,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThought I'd sing to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust cheer her on her way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's a blue old girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat no one cares to travel on these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know some say she's lazy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was fast enough before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHalf of every cotton crop[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCame floating past my door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there used to be a dance hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the gambling boat still ran[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe air was full of lamp light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of dixie land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the rivermen have gone now[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's a melancholy girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe never sees the delta queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr the Alabama pearl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she looks like she's lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she tumbles to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's headed down to Mexico[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo find some company[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the only time I cursed her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas the spring of '65[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe rolled across my bean field[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooking more than ten miles wide[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I shoulda seen it comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs it does from time to time[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA woman's gonna make a fuss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen no one pays her any mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo thought I'd sing to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust cheer her on her way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's a blue old girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat no one cares to travel on these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe's a blue old girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat no one cares[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto travel on these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD A D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD D G D\nD D E A\nD D G D\nD D A D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD A D","chords":["D","A","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}