Misc Traditional – Away Rio (Guitar Solo)

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Intro F C Dm Bb x2 [Verse 1]
    F                       C        F
I'll sing you a song of the fish of the sea

 F   Dm  Am
[tab]       Bb          F          C         F
I'll sing you a song of the fish and of me

          F             C   F
For we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

      F             C   F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
F C Dm Bb x2 [Verse 2]
   F                      C   F
Oh say, was you ever down Rio Grande?

 F   Dm  Am
Away Rio

     Bb        F          C           F
It's there the water runs down golden sand

          F             C   F
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

       F           C      F  F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
F C Dm Bb x2 [Verse 3]
           F                   C          F
There were some of us sick and some of us sore,

 F   Dm  Am
Away Rio

   Bb              F              C            F
We scoffed all our lime juice and can't get no more

          F             C   F
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

       F            C   F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
Instrumental break F C F F Dm Am Bb F C F F C F [Verse 4]
   F                        C        F
OUr ship went a-sailing out over the bar

 F   Dm  Am
Away Rio

    Bb         F            C        F
We pointed her nose for the southern star

          F             C   F
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

       F            C   F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
F C Dm Bb x2 [Verse 5]
           F                    C          F
Well, it's goodbye to Sally and goodbye to Sue,

 F   Dm  Am
Away for Rio,

    Bb           F               C          F
You folks on the quay side, it's goodbye to you!

          F             C   F
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

       F            C   F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
F C Dm Bb x2 [Verse 6]
     F            C           F
The anchor is weighed and the sails they are set

 F   Dm  Am
Away Rio,

     Bb               F             C      F
The maids that we're leaving, we'll never forget

          F             C   F
And we're bound for the Rio Grande!
[Chorus]
F    C     F
Away love, away!

F    Dm  Am
Away Rio,

   Bb        F             C            F
So fare thee well, all you pretty young girls,

       F            C   F
We're bound for the Rio Grande.
F C Dm Bb x2