Gillian Welch – Riverboat Song (Guitar)

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Thought I'd sing to the river

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Just cheer her on her way

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She's a blue old girl

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That no one cares to travel on these days

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I know some say she's lazy

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She was fast enough before

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Half of every cotton crop

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Came floating past my door

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And there used to be a dance hall

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When the gambling boat still ran

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The air was full of lamp light

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And the sound of dixie land

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But the rivermen have gone now

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She's a melancholy girl

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She never sees the delta queen

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Or the Alabama pearl

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And she looks like she's lonely

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As she tumbles to the sea

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She's headed down to Mexico

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To find some company

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Well the only time I cursed her

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Was the spring of '65

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She rolled across my bean field

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Looking more than ten miles wide

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Well I shoulda seen it comin'

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As it does from time to time

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A woman's gonna make a fuss

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When no one pays her any mind

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So thought I'd sing to the river

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Just cheer her on her way

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She's a blue old girl

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that no one cares to travel on these days

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She's a blue old girl

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that no one cares

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to travel on these days