Great Big Sea – The River Driver (Guitar)

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I was just the age of sixteen when I first went on the drive,

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After six months hard labour, at home I did arrive.

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I courted with a pretty girl, t'was her caused me to roam,

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Now I'm just a river driver and I'm far away from home.

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I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

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Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

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I'll build a lonesome castle upon some mountain high,

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Where she can sit and view me as I go passing by

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Where she can sit and view me as I go marching on,

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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

     E
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

     A                             E           B
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

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And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

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When I am old and feeble and in my sickness lie,

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Just wrap me up in a blanket and lay me down to die

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Just get a little bluebird to sing for me alone,

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For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

     E
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

     A                             E           B
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

    A                                   E                 B
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

     E            A            C#m            E
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

     E
I'll eat when I am hungry and I'll drink when I am dry,

     A                             E           B
Get drunk whenever I'm ready, get sober by and by,

    A                                   E                 B
And if this river don't drown me, it's down I'll mean to roam,

     E            A            C#m            E
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.

     E            A            C#m            E
For I'm a river driver and I'm far away from home.