River Lady
Roger Whittaker

[Intro]    Ax2


      A                          Bm                                   Dx2
The day the river freezes is the day it won't seem fair, 'Cos they'll come to get the river lady,
                          A
And I don't think they'll care


(A)                                           Bm                             Dx2
I know they'll scrape her paint off, in their same old foolish ways, now the people see the river,
                        A
But the old ship's gone away


[Chorus]
(A)         D                                          A                                          C#m
Water turns cold and gets to freezing, Before you even know it the old girl's easing, away from her berth
                                  Dx2                                                     A
Round by the point and out of our view, off in the mist her engines pounding, Back on the banks that old
                          C#mx2                                  D            C#m                   D
Horn?s sounding, A little good-bye, a little I'll do what I must do, A little good-bye, a little I'll do
            Ax2   D    Bm    A
What I must do _______________


(A)                                  Bm                          Dx2
I know I will remember when I cannot hear that horn, that would roll up by the mountains
                           A
As she took us through the storm


(A)                                   Bm                              Dx2
I know they've got to take her, But I can't say I approve, 'Cos she's won so many battles
                       A
That I hate to see her lose




[Chorus]
(A)         D                                          A                                          C#m
Water turns cold and gets to freezing, Before you even know it the old girl's easing, away from her berth
                                  Dx2                                                     A
Round by the point and out of our view, off in the mist her engines pounding, Back on the banks that old
                          C#mx2                                  D            C#m                   D
Horn?s sounding, A little good-bye, a little I'll do what I must do, A little good-bye, a little I'll do
            A
What I must do
(A)         D                                          A                                          C#m
Water turns cold and gets to freezing, Before you even know it the old girl's easing, away from her berth
                                  Dx2                                                     A
Round by the point and out of our view, off in the mist her engines pounding, Back on the banks that old
                          C#mx2                                  D            C#m
D
Horn?s sounding, A little good-bye, a little I'll do what I must do, A little good-bye, a little I'll do
            A
What I must do
(A)          D                                         A                                          C#m
Water turns cold and gets to freezing, Before you even know it the old girl's easing, away from her berth
                                  Dx2                                                     A
Round by the point and out of our view, off in the mist her engines pounding, Back on the banks that old
                          C#mx2                                  D            C#m                   D
Horn?s sounding, A little good-bye, a little I'll do what I must do, A little good-bye, a little I'll do
            A
What I must do
(A)         D                                          A                                          C#m
Water turns cold and gets to freezing, Before you even know it the old girl's easing, away from her berth
                                  D
Round by the point and out of our view