Intro: Em7b5 D#m7b5 Dm7b5 E A7 E A7 E A7 E
A E C#7
Well I'm goin' down to the river
F#m7 B7 E B7
I've got a cane pole in my hand
E C#7 F#m7 B7
I've got my redworms in a Maxwell house coffee can
E G#7 A D9
I'm gonna sit under a shade tree on a riverbank where it's cool
E C#7 F#m7 B7 E
I'm gonna close my eyes and dream and let the cork Bob away my blues
E C#7 A7 D9
Well I wake up every mornin' I pick peaches all day
E C#7
And on Saturday night we'll have a dance or two
F#m7 B7 C7 B7
we might wallow in the hay
E C#7
Now the only thing that ever whipped my pa
A7 D9
Was this bad dude called old age
E C#7
And his last years were his best years
F#m7 B7 E C7 B7
And this is what he had to say
A D9
He said boy I've worked this dirt all my life
E7 E
but things ain't been good for awhile
F#m7
Why don't you move to the city make a little money
B7 C7 B7
you might be the first one in the family ever to die with a smile
E C#7
Well I took his advice things goin' well
A D9
But my friends are far and few
E C#7 F#m7 B7
But whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
E C#7 F#m7 B7
Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
E C#7 F#m7 B7
Whoever said a city boy can't have them country blues
C7 B7 E
Well honey they ain't talked to me and you
Gm7b5 Fm7b5 F#m7b5 Em7b5 Fm7b5 D#m7b5 E
(The last line is played one strum per chord)
