Pete Seeger – The Erie Canal (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

Original written by Thomas S. Allen (1905) [Verse 1]
Am         C            Dm      E7
I've got a mule and her name is Sal

Am                   E7   Am
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Am               C             Dm       E7
She's a good old worker and a good old pal

Am                   E7   Am
Sixteen miles on the Erie Canal
[Pre-Chorus]
   C                         G
We haul'd some barges in our day

Am                            E7
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay

Am      C     Dm          E7
We know every inch of the way

     Am        G7        Am
From Albany to Buffalo - o
[Chorus]
C                     G
Low bridge, everybody down

C                            G    C
Low bridge, for we're coming to a town

           C                G7
And you'll always know your neighbor

           C                G7
And you'll always know your pal

       C        F            G7   C
If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal
[Verse 2]
         Am       C              Dm        E7
Well you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,

Am                   E7   Am
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

    Am          C            Dm  E7
She knows every inch of this old canal,

Am                   E7   Am
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
[Pre-Chorus]
   C                         G
We haul'd some barges in our day

Am                            E7
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay

Am      C     Dm          E7
We know every inch of the way

     Am        G7        Am
From Albany to Buffalo - o
[Chorus]
C                     G
Low bridge, everybody down

C                            G    C
Low bridge, for we're coming to a town

           C                G7
And you'll always know your neighbor

           C                G7
And you'll always know your pal

       C        F            G7   C
If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal