{"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":2817620,"song":"River Drive","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11639996-river-drive-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2817620?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd like to tell you the story, boys, about taking down the drive[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy foreman's name is Buster, and he also does reside[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNear the banks of this river, in Skowhegan, Maine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when the rear gets in this year, we'll never drive again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow this mighty Kennebec, she's something to be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom her headwaters in Moosehead, down to Merrymeeting and the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith islands, back channels, white-water and dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGreat eddies and great remedies for a river driver's head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe hang the booms in springtime, we sluice in summertime[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're rafting wood across the lakes, five thousand cord to a time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the fall is coming on, it's time to take the rear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetter head up to that cutoff, get old McLollen's butt in gear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's Buster and Gerry Bigelow, them Sanipass boys and me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGeorge Waters and my father rave about days that used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Messer boys are hung-over, they're praying for a headwind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo we can hitch her up at noontime, and they can start right in again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Indian Pond down to the Forks, it's white-water most of the way[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRiding them leaky bateaux, I don't think it's worth the pay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the Forks down through Carratunk, we're over the Wyman Dam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBy the first week in September, we're headed for the Solon Dam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Solon down through Libby Country and down into North Anson[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat oxbow it don't slow us up, we're down into Madison[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe take those three dams, we're always on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's a-flying rear through Norridgewock and down to Skowhegan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe send Dennis up to the Green Front and head for Shawmut Shores[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's two weeks of hard picking, but then only be two or three more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now it is November, goddamn, it's getting cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBest be careful where you step, there's no place to take hold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe've been driving this old river, boys, two centuries and a half[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust to get that wood down to the mill, it almost makes me laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome educated fools from god knows where, well they figured it should end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo that outfit down to Augusta says, we can never drive again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinally we do get her in, and we're all feeling good[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'll have us a little gathering to forget the goddamn wood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith some liquor and some smoking, some bullshitting all around[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut everyone of us knows this is the last time we'll take her down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, everybody knows this is the last time we'll take her down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","G","C","D7","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}