Doc Watson – Banks Of The Ohio (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] C G G7 C C7 F C G C [Verse 1]
C                         G
I asked my love to take a walk

       G7               C
Just a little ways with me

          C7                  F
And as we walked and we would talk

    C     G            C
All about our wedding  day
[Chorus]
        C                  G
Darling say that you'll be mine

       G7               C
In our home we'll happy be

     C7                      F
Down beside where the waters flow

       C     G         C
On the banks of the Ohio
[Instrumental] C G G7 C C7 F C G C [Verse 2]
           C                   G
I took her by her pretty white hand

          G7                C
I led her down that bank of sand

             C7                 F
I pushed her in where she would drown

        C       G              C
Lord, I saw her as she floated down
[Chorus]
        C                  G
Darling say that you'll be mine

       G7               C
In our home we'll happy be

     C7                      F
Down beside where the waters flow

       C     G         C
On the banks of the Ohio
[Verse 3]
          C                    G
Returning home about twelve or one

          G7                     C
Thinking "Lord, what a deed I've done?"

             C7               F
I killed the girl I love, you see

            C     G         C
Because she would not marry me
[Chorus]
        C                  G
Darling say that you'll be mine

       G7               C
In our home we'll happy be

     C7                      F
Down beside where the waters flow

       C     G         C
On the banks of the Ohio
[Instrumental] C G G7 C C7 F C G C [Verse 4]
              C                G
The very next day at half past four

            G7                 C
The sheriff walked right to my door

       C7                           F
And he says Young man, don't try to run

           C   G                       C
You'll pay for this awful crime you've done
[Chorus]
        C                  G
Darling say that you'll be mine

       G7               C
In our home we'll happy be

     C7                      F
Down beside where the waters flow

       C     G         C
On the banks of the Ohio