Key: E
Introduction:
E B E
I'll sing you a song, a good song of the sea
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
I'll sing it to you If you'll sing it with me
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
E B E
The chain's up and down the bosun did say
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Heave up to the hawspipe, the anchor's away
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
B C#m A B E A E
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
E B E
The Anchor is weighed and the sails they are set
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
The girls that we're leaving we'll never forget
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
E B E
Oh fare ye well all ye ladies of town
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
We've left you enough for to buy a silk gown
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
B C#m A B E A E
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
E B E
Heave with the will boys heave long and heave strong
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing the good chorus for 'tis a good song
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
E B E
And it's goodbye to Ellen and Molly and Sue
E C#m
Away Rio!
A E B C#m
And those that are listening, it's goodbye to you
E B E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
E
And it's
A E A C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
A E B C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
A B C#m
We're bound for the Rio Grande
A B E
We're bound for the Rio Grande
B C#m A B E
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooooh