{"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":2221333,"song":"Roll On Columbia","artist":"Woody Guthrie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2221333-roll-on-columbia-chords-by-woody-guthrie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2221333?type=chord","rating":4.69853,"votes":25,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGreen Douglas firs where the waters cut through.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown her wild mountains and canyons she flew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nCanadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's Roll on, Columbia, roll On![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nYour power is turning our darkness to dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, Roll on, Columbia, roll on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOther great rivers add power to you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nSandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on Columbia, roll on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSheridan's boys in the block house at night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nThey saw us in death, but never in flight;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nYour power is turning our darkness to dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, Roll on, Columbia, roll on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nWe won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, Roll On![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember the trial when the battle was won,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nWe hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, Roll on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYear after year we had tedious trials,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nThe Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, Roll on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nYour power is turning our darkness to dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, Roll on, Columbia, roll on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe waters have risen and drownded the rocks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nShip loads of plenty will steam in the docks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll On, Columbia, Roll On![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMightiest thing ever built by a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nWe run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll on, Columbia, roll on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]D7/F#[/ch]\r\nYour power is turning our darkness to dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo, Roll on, Columbia, roll on[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","C7","F","D7/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}