Ohio River Boat Song
Bonnie Prince BillyVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
When it's time from work to go
And in my boat I row
Cross the muddy Ohio
When the evening light is falling
And I looked towards Floyd's Knobs
Where the afterglories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below
She's my beauteous Catarina
She's my joy and sorrow too
Though I know she is untrue
Oh but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I would give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing the whole day through
Catarina, your lovely hair
Has more beauty, I declare
Than all the tresses there
From Smoketown to Oldham County
Be they black, red, gold or brown
Let them hang to lenghts below
They mean not as much to me
As a melting flake of snow
And her dance is like the gleam
Of the sunlight on the stream
And the screeching bluejays seem
To form her name when screaming
But my heart is full of woe
For last night she made me go
And the tears begin to flow
As I sing the whole day through
Repeat last verse (chorus).
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Readable chord sheet for Ohio River Boat Song by Bonnie Prince Billy
[A] [B] [A] [B] [E]When it's time from work to go [A]And in my boat I [E]row [A]Cross the muddy O[E]hio [B]When the evening light is falling [E]And I looked towards Floyd's Knobs [A]Where the afterglories [E]glow [A]And I dream on two [E]bright eyes [B]With a merry mouth [E]below [A]She's my beauteous [E]Catarina [A]She's my joy and so[E]rrow too [A]Though I know she i[E]s untrue [B]Oh but I cannot live without her [E]For my heart's a boat in tow [A]And I would give the world [E]to know [A]If she means to let[E] me go [B]As I sing the whole[E] day through [A] [B] [A] [B] [E]Catarina, your lovely hair [A]Has more beauty, [E]I declare [A]Than all the tres[E]ses there [B]From Smoketown to Oldham County [E]Be they black, red, gold or brown [A]Let them hang to [E]lenghts below [A]They mean not as [E]much to me [B]As a melting flak[E]e of snow [A]And her dance is [E]like the gleam [A]Of the sunlight o[E]n the stream [A]And the screechin[E]g bluejays seem [B]To form her name when screaming [E]But my heart is full of woe [A]For last night sh[E]e made me go [A]And the tears beg[E]in to flow [B]As I sing the who[E]le day through Repeat last verse (chorus).