Frankie On The Sheepscot Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[F] [Bb] [F] [F7]

[VERSE]
[Bb]Frankie braids the [C]purse-string, [F]Cleon sets the tow
Frankie [Bb]goes to pick them over in the [C]well
He's [Bb]never got a hat on, and the [F]snow is all about him
And it [Bb]packs around his head like his own [F]skin

[VERSE]
"Don't I hate this foolish [Bb]river!", Frankie [F]cries
"Up and [Bb]down her like a yo-yo on a [C]string
Go [F]out in the morning and [Bb]tear [C]up
[Bb]Mend all your after[F]noon
And [Bb]all this dirty river staving [F]by" [F7]

[VERSE]
Ah, but boys, you should have seen [Bb]him
Wearing the snow as you would wear your [F]hair
Singing, "It's a [Bb]hard life for a boy on the [F]gut"
He's got the [Bb]words wrong, but he doesn't seem to [C]care
And the [Bb]seagulls working [C]easy out be[F]hind him

[VERSE]
Cleon [Bb]slides the hatch back, and he shouts down
"Boys, we're [F]anchored"
And you [Bb]set your coffee down and you go on [C]deck
But the [Bb]river's humping by so fast, the snow's so flying [F]thick
You can't tell if she's [Bb]moving or lying [F]still

[VERSE]
"Don't I hate this foolish [Bb]river!", Frankie [F]cries
"Up and [Bb]down her like a yo-yo on a [C]string
Go [F]out in the morning and [Bb]tear [C]up
[Bb]Mend all your after[F]noon
And [Bb]all this poor old river going [F]by" [F7]

[VERSE]
[Bb]Cleon winds the wheel and he [C]cracks the power [F]to her
And she [Bb]pokes her head around, but she [C]doesn't turn
And he [Bb]takes her out of gear
While Frankie goes to try to [F]haul back
He says, "I guess we've hooked the [Bb]dear old State of [F]Maine"

[VERSE]
Ah, but boys, you should have [Bb]seen him
Hour after hour, Cleon on that old [F]wheel [C]
There's [F]nothing out there but [Bb]hard [C]times
[Bb]Time and the flying [F]snow
And [Bb]all that pretty river rolling [F]by

[VERSE]
Oh, but boys it makes me [Bb]wonder
Hour after hour, Cleon on that old [F]wheel [C]
There's [F]nothing to see but [Bb]hard [C]times
[Bb]Time and the flying [F]snow
But [Bb]Cleon watches day and night and [F]day [Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]