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Up The River

Laura Veirs

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VerseRiff

[Bb]Billy was a young[A4] man gone astra[Gm7]y

[Bb]Bottle at his lip[A4]s all night and[Gm7] day

Chorus

[Bb]Mama said they're gonna send you up the[A4] river some[Gm7]day

Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday

VerseWhiskey ate big holes in Billy's headSummer's day he shot spud murphy dead

Chorus

He said I'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour redI'm headed up the river as he watched the blood pour red

Mama asked lord jesus what to do at the door came knocking boys in blueWe're gonna send him up the river and make him pay his dues ma'am

And so she watched him round that riverbend go billy felt a chill pass 'cross himCold they sent him up the river to turn a young man old