Roll On Columbia

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[Verse 1]
C G
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
C
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
C7 F D7/F#
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
G C
It's Roll on, Columbia, roll On!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 2]
C G
Other great rivers add power to you,
G C
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,
C7 F D7/F#
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;
G C
Roll on Columbia, roll on!
C G
It's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,
G C
Sheridan's boys in the block house at night,
C7 F D7/F#
They saw us in death, but never in flight;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 3]
C G
Our loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,
G C
By fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,
C7 F D7/F#
We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
Remember the trial when the battle was won,
G C
The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,
C7 F D7/F#
We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
C G
Year after year we had tedious trials,
G C
Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.
C7 F D7/F#
The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 4]
C G
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,
G C
The waters have risen and drownded the rocks,
C7 F D7/F#
Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks,
G C
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,
G C
Mightiest thing ever built by a man,
C7 F D7/F#
We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,
G C
It's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on

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