F5 Bb5 F5 
 
D5      F5         G5  Bb5 
Old man go to the river 
C5           A5       D5   F5 
To drop his bale of woes 
Bb5       G5        F5      D5   
He could go if he wanted to 
Bb5          G5      F5       D5   G5  
It's just a boat to row you know    listen to me now 
F5          Bb5            F5   C5        
Blue River keep right on rollin 
    A5        D5        F5 
All along the shore line 
Bb5      C5             F5   C5         D5 
Keep us safe from the deep and  the dark 
         Bb5                      F5    Bb5     F5   
Cause we don't want to stray too far 
D5        F5           G5      Bb5 
Spent the day with my old dog Mo 
C5       A5       D5   F5 
Down an old dirt road 
Bb5        G5             F5      D5 
What he's thinking lord I don't know 
Bb5          G5                 F5     D5 
But for him bet the time must go so slow 
G5 
Don't you know 
F5          Bb5            F5   C5        
Blue River keep right on rollin 
    A5        D5        F5 
All along the shore line 
Bb5      C5             F5   C5         D5 
Keep us safe from the deep and  the dark 
         Bb5                      F5    Bb5     F5   
Cause we don't want to stray too far 
 
Harmonica break 
 
 
D5        F5               G5         Bb5 
Young Rob stands with his ax in his hand 
 C5                 A5        D5  F5 
Believin that the crops are in 
Bb5        G5       F5      D5              
Fire wood stacked ten by ten 
Bb5                         G5           
For the wife the folks the kids 
F5          D5        G5 
All of the kin and a friend  listen to me now 
F5          Bb5            F5   C5        
Blue River keep right on rollin 
    A5        D5        F5 
All along the shore line 
Bb5      C5             F5   C5         D5 
Keep us safe from the deep and  the dark 
         Bb5                      F5    Bb5     F5   
Cause we don't want to stray too far 
 
 
  From Eric Andersen