River Lady chords by Roger Whittaker

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

A
The day the river freezes
    Bm
Is the day it won't seem fair
        D
'Cause they'll come to get the River Lady
  D           A
And I don't think they'll care

 A
I know they'll scrape her paint off
     Bm
In their same old foolish ways
    D
Now the people see the river
    D        A
But the old ships gone away

A      D
Water turns cold and gets ta freezin'
        A
Before you even know it, the old girl's easin'
       C#m
Away from her berth, round by the point
        D
And out of our view

      D
Off in the mist, her engine's poundin'
      A
Like on the banks, that old horn's soundin'
       C#m                D
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do
       C#m        D       A
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do

 A
I know I will remember
    Bm
When I cannot hear that horn
      D
That would roll up by the mountains
    D          A
As she took us through the storm

 A
I know they've got to take her
   Bm
But I can't say I approve
       D
'Cause she's won so many battles
    D        A
That I hate to see her lose

A      D
Water turns cold and gets ta freezin'
        A
Before you even know it, the old girl's easin'
       C#m
Away from her berth, round by the point
        D
And out of our view
       C#m                D
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do
       C#m        D       A
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do


A      D
Water turns cold and gets ta freezin'
        A
Before you even know it, the old girl's easin'
       C#m
Away from her berth, round by the point
        D
And out of our view

      D
Off in the mist, her engine's poundin'
      A
Like on the banks, that old horn's soundin'
       C#m                D
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do
       C#m        D       A
A little goodbye, a little I'll do what I must do