D                                  G
There?s a little place that comes to mind
D                   A
Believe you me it?s a joy to find
      D                     G
They close off the streets at harvest time
    D       A   D
In that old river town

D                            G
Fishing boats they blow their horns
D                     A
Through the mist of the early morn
D                    G
You thank the lord that you were born
   D       G     D
In that old river town

    G                     D
So break out the fiddle and dosie doe
D                     A
There?s not a place that I don?t know
D                       G
Cane fields burning all around
D         A   D    D       A  D
We?re all going down to that old river town

         D                 G
Well a flood came through in ?74
        D                A
Left a foot of mud in the dance hall floor
D                G
Never seen one as big before
     D     A   D
In that old river town

     D                    G
The moon is hanging way up high
D                  A
In the north coast summer sky
   D                    G
I met a little girl that caught my eye
   D      A    D
In that old river town

          E                              A
Well the band is finished they played the show
      E                   B7
And none of us want to go on home
          E             A
There?s a party on at a place I know
    E     B7   E
In that old river town
    A                      E
So break out the fiddle and dosie doe
E                     B7
There?s not a place that I don?t know
E                        A
Cane fields burning all around
E        B7  E     E      B7   E
We?re all going down to that old river town
E        B7  E      E     B7   E
We?re all going down to that old river town