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I've Been Floating Down The Old Green River

Words by Bert Kalmer, Music by Joe Cooper - 1915

Verse:
F          C7	F         C7	F	C7        Gm
Eb        Gm	F         F7	G7	Gm        C7
F          C7	F         C7	F	Gm
G7	C         C7	G7	C           C7
Chorus:
F	-           D7	G7	-
C7	-	F	-
F7	Bb7	D7	G7        C7
F	-          D7	G7       C7	F   (C7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right, 8-beats per cell for fast strumming.

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Verse:

Half past four,  Dan McGraw,  Came sneaking to his wifey's door.

She'd been waiting up all night,  Waiting for him to go to bed.

Danny smiled,  Like a child,  But his wifey grew very wild.

"Where have you been all night long," she cried.  And this is what Danny replied:

 

Chorus:

I've been floating down the old Green River on the good ship Rock & Rye.

But we drifted to far, we got stuck on a bar,  I was feeling alone, wishing I were home.

The ship went down with the captain and crew,  There was only one thing left for me to do,

I had to drink that whole Green River,  Just to get back home to you.

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Listen to John Green and the Sacramento Banjo Band perform "Old Green River" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com