Gordon Bok – Astoria Bar (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G D A D [Verse]
           A                 D
Well, it's not very far to Astoria's Bar

      G         D              A
But a very long journey it can be

        D                         G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river

    D          A             D
And end at the bottom of the sea
[Chorus]
        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light

      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day

          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning

    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay
[Instrumental] A D G D A D G D A D [Verse]
         A                 D
When the tide is rough, so very, very rough

   G              D      A
So rough that you cannot stand

      D                    G
It'll drive the fish right into the nets

        D           A        D
And the boats right into the sand
[Chorus]
        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light

      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day

          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning

    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay
[Instrumental] A D G D A D G D A D [Verse]
       A                      D
In the mist and the rain, the labour and the pain

   G             D               A
We know what the fishing here is worth

      D                             G
It is worth all the gold, when they suck 'f#m from the hold

    D             A                D
And worth all the treasures of the earth
[Chorus]
        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light

      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day

          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning

    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay
[Verse]
         A                 D
Now it's not very far to Astoria's Bar

      G         D              A
But a very long journey it can be

        D                         G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river

    D          A             D
And end at the bottom of the sea
[Chorus]
        A                      D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light

      G          D             A
As it did in our grandfathers' day

          D                   G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning

    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay

                              G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning

    D        A       D
And lived in Willapa Bay