Faron Young - Riverboat guitar chord

Riverboat

By Faron Young

Capo 1

Fiddle Intro:

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Well I spent the better part of my life

D A

On a Mississippi riverboat

D G

And I used to be known from coast to coast

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As the slickest gambler afloat

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I deal the cards from Minnesota

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To the harbour at New Orleans

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I made alot of big money on a Riverboat

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And met a lot of pretty Riverboat queens

Chorus:

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Riverboat, Riverboat I love your whistle’s wail

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I wish I was back on the Riverboat

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Instead of in a Memphis jail

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Instead of in a Memphis jail

Well a big man got on the Riverboat

Our last time in St Paul

He had a lot of money but his luck ran out

And the Riverboat crew won it all

He said I dealt from the bottom of the deck

And he pulled a shinny knife

But before that gambler lunged at me

My 44 took his life

Chorus

Well they came on the boat and they took me to jail

When we got to Tennessee

A gambling man has very few friends

Guess nobody cared for me

So I might be here for a many long year

But if I ever get out

I'm going to head straight for that levy

And get me a Riverboat heading south

Chorus