Chords
Blue River

Key: D

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 Dm           F                 G   Bb 
Old man go to the river
 C                     A7             Dm     F7 
To drop his bale of woes
 Bb             G               F           Dm 
He could go if he wanted to
 Bb                   G7           F             Dm     G7 
It's just a boat to row you know       listen to me now
 F                   Bb                       F     C 
Blue River keep right on rollin
         A7               Dm               F7 
All along the shore line
 Bb           C7                         F     C                 Dm 
Keep us safe from the deep and   the dark
                   Bb                                           F       Bb         F 
Cause we don't want to stray too far
 Dm               F                     G           Bb 
Spent the day with my old dog Mo
 C             A7             Dm     F7 
Down an old dirt road
 Bb               G                         F           Dm 
What he's thinking lord I don't know
 Bb                   G                                 F         Dm 
But for him bet the time must go so slow
 G 
Don't you know
 F                   Bb                       F     C 
Blue River keep right on rollin
         A7               Dm               F7 
All along the shore line
 Bb           C7                         F     C                 Dm 
Keep us safe from the deep and   the dark
                   Bb                                           F       Bb         F 
Cause we don't want to stray too far
Harmonica break
 Dm               F                             G                 Bb 
Young Rob stands with his ax in his hand
   C                                 A7               Dm   F7 
Believin that the crops are in
 Bb               G             F           Dm 
Fire wood stacked ten by ten
 Bb                                                 G 
For the wife the folks the kids
 F                   Dm               G7 
All of the kin and a friend   listen to me now
 F                   Bb                       F     C 
Blue River keep right on rollin
         A7               Dm               F7 
All along the shore line
 Bb           C7                         F     C                 Dm 
Keep us safe from the deep and   the dark
                   Bb                                           F       Bb         F 
Cause we don't want to stray too far
    From Eric Andersen   "Blue River LP"