Gordon Bok – River Drive (Guitar)
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[Intro]
D G
[Verse]
C D7 G I'd like to tell you the story, boys, about taking down the drive Am G My foreman's name is Buster, and he also does reside D C G Near the banks of this river, in Skowhegan, Maine C G D G D7 G But when the rear gets in this year, we'll never drive again
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C D7 G Now this mighty Kennebec, she's something to be seen Am G From her headwaters in Moosehead, down to Merrymeeting and the sea D C G With islands, back channels, white-water and dead C G D G D D7 G Great eddies and great remedies for a river driver's head
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C D7 G We hang the booms in springtime, we sluice in summertime Am G They're rafting wood across the lakes, five thousand cord to a time D C G When the fall is coming on, it's time to take the rear C G D G D D7 G Better head up to that cutoff, get old McLollen's butt in gear
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C D7 G There's Buster and Gerry Bigelow, them Sanipass boys and me Am G George Waters and my father rave about days that used to be D C G The Messer boys are hung-over, they're praying for a headwind C G D G D D7 G So we can hitch her up at noontime, and they can start right in again
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C D7 G From Indian Pond down to the Forks, it's white-water most of the way Am G Riding them leaky bateaux, I don't think it's worth the pay D C G From the Forks down through Carratunk, we're over the Wyman Dam C G D G D7 By the first week in September, we're headed for the Solon Dam
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G C D7 G From Solon down through Libby Country and down into North Anson Am G That oxbow it don't slow us up, we're down into Madison D C G We take those three dams, we're always on the run C G D G D D7 G She's a-flying rear through Norridgewock and down to Skowhegan
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C D7 G We send Dennis up to the Green Front and head for Shawmut Shores Am G There's two weeks of hard picking, but then only be two or three more D C G And now it is November, goddamn, it's getting cold C G D G D D7 G Best be careful where you step, there's no place to take hold
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C D7 G We've been driving this old river, boys, two centuries and a half Am G Just to get that wood down to the mill, it almost makes me laugh D C G Some educated fools from god knows where, well they figured it should end C G D G D7 G So that outfit down to Augusta says, we can never drive again
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C D7 G Finally we do get her in, and we're all feeling good Am G We'll have us a little gathering to forget the goddamn wood D C G With some liquor and some smoking, some bullshitting all around C G D G But everyone of us knows this is the last time we'll take her down C G D G Oh, everybody knows this is the last time we'll take her down