C F C
F C
F C G C
Am C F G C
[Verse 1]
C F C
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
F C
Now look away, rolling river
F C G C
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Verse 2]
C F C
The chief disdained the trader's dollars
F C
Look away, rolling river
F C G C
My daughter, you shall never follow.
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Verse 3]
C F C
For seven years, he courted Sally
F C
I look away, rolling river
F C G C
For seven more, he longed to have her
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Verse 4]
C F C
She said she would not be my lover
F C
Look away, rolling river
F C G C
Because I, was a dirty sailor
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Verse 5]
C F C
It's "Fare thee well," I'm bound to leave you
F C
I look away, rolling river
F C G C
Oh Shenandoah, I would not deceive you
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Instrumental]
C F C
F C
F C G C
Am C F G C
[Verse 6]
C F C
At last, there came a Yankee skipper
F C
Look away, rolling river
F C G C
He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
[Verse 7]
C F C
Oh Shenandoah, I love you daughter
F C
I look away, rolling river
F C G C
I take her across the open water
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
Am C F G C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
