Key: C
Introduction:
C7 G/B C G C G
C7 G/B
There a light across the river and it's
Am G
making me dream
Em
It's the last of the riverboats and it's
D C
getting up steam
C7 G/B Am G
I can see it through the willows, I can hear it round the bend
Em A
The birds fly up and they're saying
D C
It won't be back again
D G D G
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes
C G/B Am G/B C
And someone throws me a line
D G D G
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans
C G/B Am G/B C C#m
And the water shows me a sign
D C G
It's the last of the riverboats going home
C G/B
I dreamed I took a journey
Am G Em
From Echuca to the lake
A
Drinkin on the promenade deck
D C
Till I couldn't keep awake
C G/B Am G
I woke up with a vision from a different time
Em D C
When the road was a river and the riverboat was mine
D G D G
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes
C G/B Am G/B C
And someone throws me a line
D G D G
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans
C G/B Am G/B C C#m
And the water shows me a sign
D C G
It's the last of the riverboats going home
Solo
C G C G C G Am C D G
C G/B C G
Meanwhile we're living, lives we all know
E D
Paying our tax and breaking our backs
C
With nothing left to show
C G/B D G
Thinking of a future, of a day that'll come for sure
Em A D
We'll take the riverboat and we'll fire it up once more
D G D G
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes
C G/B Am D C
And someone throws me a line
D G D G
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans
C G/B Am G/B C C#m
And the water shows me a sign
D G
It's the last of the riverboats going home
C G D
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes
goes
C G/B Am D C
And someone throws me a line
D G D G
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans
C G/B Am G/B C C#m
And the water shows me a sign
D C G
It's the last of the riverboats going home
This song is one of the most requested in Australia from the great Andrew Durant, member of 70's band