[Intro] B  C#m  A  A  A  A  E

      E                       B           E
I'll sing you a song, a good song of the sea
 E   C#m
Away Rio!
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I'll sing it to you If you'll sing it with me
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

      E                      B         E
The chain's up and down the bosun did say
  E  C#m
Away Rio!
  A              E             B        C#m
Heave up to the hawspipe, the anchor's away
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh  ooh ooh

     E                          B             E
The Anchor is weighed and the sails they are set
  E  C#m
Away Rio!
      A               E             B       C#m
The girls that we're leaving we'll never forget
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

    E                   B         E
Oh fare ye well all ye ladies of town
  E  C#m
Away Rio!
       A          E           B         C#m
We've left you enough for to buy a silk gown
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh  ooh ooh

  E                             B               E
Heave with the will boys heave long and heave strong
  E  C#m
Away Rio!
 A              E          B         C#m
Sing the good chorus for 'tis a good song
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

           E                   B         E
And it's goodbye to Ellen and Molly and Sue
  E  C#m
Away Rio!
      A             E                B        C#m
And those that are listening, it's goodbye to you
            E            B    E
And we're bound for the Rio Grande, and it's

  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

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And it's
  A   E     A  C#m
Away Rio! Away Rio!
 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

 A              E         B          C#m
Sing fare thee well, my pretty young girl, and
        A            B   C#m
We're bound for the Rio Grande
        A            B    E
We're bound for the Rio Grande

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh  oooooh