River Drive Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok
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[INTRO]
[D] [G]
[VERSE]
I'd like to tell you the [C]story, boys, about [D7]taking down the [G]drive
My foreman's name is [Am]Buster, and he also does re[G]side
Near the [D]banks of this river, in [C]Skowhegan, [G]Maine
But [C]when the rear gets [G]in this year, we'll [D]never drive a[G]gain [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
Now this mighty [C]Kennebec, she's [D7]something to be [G]seen
From her headwaters in [Am]Moosehead, down to Merrymeeting and the [G]sea
With [D]islands, back channels, [C]white-water and [G]dead
Great [C]eddies and great [G]remedies for a [D]river driver's [G]head [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We hang the booms in [C]springtime, we [D7]sluice in summer[G]time
They're rafting wood a[Am]cross the lakes, five thousand cord to a [G]time
[D]When the fall is coming on, it's [C]time to take the [G]rear
Better [C]head up to that [G]cutoff, get old Mc[D]Lollen's butt in [G]gear [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
There's Buster and Gerry [C]Bigelow, them [D7]Sanipass boys and [G]me
George Waters and my [Am]father rave about days that used to [G]be
The [D]Messer boys are hung-over, they're [C]praying for a head[G]wind
So we can [C]hitch her up at [G]noontime, and they can [D]start right in [G]again [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
From Indian Pond down [C]to the Forks, it's [D7]white-water most of the [G]way
Riding them leaky [Am]bateaux, I don't think it's worth the [G]pay
From the [D]Forks down through Carratunk, we're [C]over the Wyman [G]Dam
By the [C]first week in Sep[G]tember, we're [D]headed for the Solon [G]Dam [D7]
[VERSE]
From [G]Solon down through [C]Libby Country and [D7]down into North An[G]son
That oxbow it don't [Am]slow us up, we're down into Madi[G]son
We [D]take those three dams, we're [C]always on the [G]run
She's a-[C]flying rear through [G]Norridgewock and [D]down to Skowhe[G]gan [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We send Dennis up to the [C]Green Front and [D7]head for Shawmut [G]Shores
There's two weeks of hard [Am]picking, but then only be two or three [G]more
And [D]now it is November, god[C]damn, it's getting [G]cold
[C]Best be careful [G]where you step, there's [D]no place to take [G]hold [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We've been driving this old [C]river, boys, two [D7]centuries and a [G]half
Just to get that wood down [Am]to the mill, it almost makes me [G]laugh
Some [D]educated fools from god knows where, well they [C]figured it should [G]end
So that [C]outfit down to Au[G]gusta says, we can [D]never drive a[G]gain [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
Finally we do [C]get her in, and [D7]we're all feeling [G]good
We'll have us a little [Am]gathering to forget the goddamn [G]wood
With some [D]liquor and some smoking, some [C]bullshitting all a[G]round
But [C]everyone of us [G]knows this is the last [D]time we'll take her [G]down
Oh, [C]everybody [G]knows this is the last [D]time we'll take her [G]down
[D] [G]
[VERSE]
I'd like to tell you the [C]story, boys, about [D7]taking down the [G]drive
My foreman's name is [Am]Buster, and he also does re[G]side
Near the [D]banks of this river, in [C]Skowhegan, [G]Maine
But [C]when the rear gets [G]in this year, we'll [D]never drive a[G]gain [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
Now this mighty [C]Kennebec, she's [D7]something to be [G]seen
From her headwaters in [Am]Moosehead, down to Merrymeeting and the [G]sea
With [D]islands, back channels, [C]white-water and [G]dead
Great [C]eddies and great [G]remedies for a [D]river driver's [G]head [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We hang the booms in [C]springtime, we [D7]sluice in summer[G]time
They're rafting wood a[Am]cross the lakes, five thousand cord to a [G]time
[D]When the fall is coming on, it's [C]time to take the [G]rear
Better [C]head up to that [G]cutoff, get old Mc[D]Lollen's butt in [G]gear [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
There's Buster and Gerry [C]Bigelow, them [D7]Sanipass boys and [G]me
George Waters and my [Am]father rave about days that used to [G]be
The [D]Messer boys are hung-over, they're [C]praying for a head[G]wind
So we can [C]hitch her up at [G]noontime, and they can [D]start right in [G]again [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
From Indian Pond down [C]to the Forks, it's [D7]white-water most of the [G]way
Riding them leaky [Am]bateaux, I don't think it's worth the [G]pay
From the [D]Forks down through Carratunk, we're [C]over the Wyman [G]Dam
By the [C]first week in Sep[G]tember, we're [D]headed for the Solon [G]Dam [D7]
[VERSE]
From [G]Solon down through [C]Libby Country and [D7]down into North An[G]son
That oxbow it don't [Am]slow us up, we're down into Madi[G]son
We [D]take those three dams, we're [C]always on the [G]run
She's a-[C]flying rear through [G]Norridgewock and [D]down to Skowhe[G]gan [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We send Dennis up to the [C]Green Front and [D7]head for Shawmut [G]Shores
There's two weeks of hard [Am]picking, but then only be two or three [G]more
And [D]now it is November, god[C]damn, it's getting [G]cold
[C]Best be careful [G]where you step, there's [D]no place to take [G]hold [D] [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
We've been driving this old [C]river, boys, two [D7]centuries and a [G]half
Just to get that wood down [Am]to the mill, it almost makes me [G]laugh
Some [D]educated fools from god knows where, well they [C]figured it should [G]end
So that [C]outfit down to Au[G]gusta says, we can [D]never drive a[G]gain [D7] [G]
[VERSE]
Finally we do [C]get her in, and [D7]we're all feeling [G]good
We'll have us a little [Am]gathering to forget the goddamn [G]wood
With some [D]liquor and some smoking, some [C]bullshitting all a[G]round
But [C]everyone of us [G]knows this is the last [D]time we'll take her [G]down
Oh, [C]everybody [G]knows this is the last [D]time we'll take her [G]down
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