Intro: C  F   C  F 

Intro is repeated at the end of each verse 

verse 1 
C  F     C    F 
If I had wings 
C    F      C    F 
like Noah's dove, 
C   F       Am 
I'd fly the river 
             C     F 
to the one I love. 


[Refrão]
C         Am       F       G 
Fare thee well, my honey, 
          C     F 
fare thee well. 

verse 2 
C F     C  F 
I had a man 
C   F            C   F 
who was long and tall, 
C     F   Am 
moved his body 
       C    F 
like a cannonball. 

Chorus 

verse 3 
C F         C  F 
'member one evening 
C   F         C F 
was drizzling rain, 
    C     F  Am 
and round my heart 
          C    F 
I felt an aching pain. 

Chorus 

verse 4 
C    F C    F 
Once I wore 
C  F     C   F 
my apron low, 
C        F    Am 
couldn't keep you 
             C   F 
away from my door. 

Chorus 

Verse 5 
C   F  C  F 
Now my apron 
C  F        C  F 
is up to my chin, 
C      F       Am 
you'll pass my door 
                 C  F 
but you'll never come in. 

Chorus 

Verse 6 
C  F   C    F 
Mighty river 
C    F         C   F 
runs muddy and wild, 
C     F        Am 
can't care the bloody 
        C   F 
for my unborn child. 

Chorus 

Verse 7 
C  F   C    F 
Number nine train 
C    F  C  F 
done no harm, 
C      F    Am 
number nine train, 
             C  F         
take my poor baby home. 

Chorus 

Verse 8 
C  F    C  F 
Fastest man 
C  F   C  F 
I ever saw, 
C   F  Am 
was in Missouri 
              C  F     
on the way to Arkansas. 

Chorus 

Outro 
C  F C  F