Down By The River O ukulele

Down By The River O

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Down By The River O’ by Rev Hammer, featuring The Levellers as backing.
My first submission to UG. Quite a simple foot-stomping song to play. Hope you enjoy it! 
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Verse 1

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Well we left the city and the fourteenth floor
        Am          C       Dm
We went down by the river o Joe
Dm
Though then we never knew what we were travelling for
        Am          C       Dm
We went down by the river o Joe
Dm
Thirty miles to a place that we had not seen
          Am                     C
Where the land lies flat and the wind blows keen
           Dm
It was the prettiest place I’ve ever been,
Am          C       Dm
Down by the river o Joe.

Verse 2

Dm
Well my dad got a job under the factory law
        Am          C       Dm
We went down by the river o Joe
Dm
With a house for his kids and so much more
        Am          C       Dm
We went down by the river o Joe
Dm
It was through the door, through the gate
          Am                      C
There was me and my brother and a new-found mate
         Dm
Under the mother-moon ‘till it got late,
          Am          C       Dm
We stayed Down by the river o Joe.

Chorus
           Dm
I said the River o’ the River o’ the River o’ Joe,
    Am          C         Dm
The River ain’t never for sale,
       Dm
I said I was born by the River o’ Joe,
        Am           C          Dm
And the River ain’t a-never for sale,
         Dm
Well you can make your deals in the dead of night
        Am                   C
You can bribe who the bloody hell you like,
    Dm                                     Am          C         Dm
But I was born by the River o’ Joe and the river ain’t never for sale.

Verse 3
         Dm
Now they say one time for a week it poured,
Am          C        Dm
Down by the River o’ Joe,
      Dm
‘Till all you could hear was a pounding roar,
Am          C        Dm
Down by the River o’ Joe,
              Dm
They tried to save the church with sand and bags,
         Am                         C
But that River kept rising ‘till it burst it’s banks,
      Dm
And a-pretty soon that street got sank,
Am          C        Dm
Down by the River o’ Joe.

Chorus
           Dm
I said the River o’ the River o’ the River o’ Joe,
    Am          C         Dm
The River ain’t never for sale,
       Dm
I said I was born by the River o’ Joe,
        Am           C          Dm
And the River ain’t a-never for sale,
         Dm
Well you can make your deals in the dead of night
        Am                   C
You can bribe who the bloody hell you like,
    Dm                                     Am          C         Dm
But I was born by the River o’ Joe and the river ain’t never for sale.

Verse 4
    Dm
Now many warm days and good times there are,
Am          C        Dm
Down by the River o’ Joe
    Dm
And people will travel from miles about to go
Am          C        Dm
Down by the River o’ Joe,
        Dm
But the locals still speak of the endless rain,
    Am                   C
The revenge of the muddy tides again,
          Dm
To the developers who would bring change,
Am          C        Dm
Down by the river o’ Joe.

Chorus
           Dm
I said the River o’ the River o’ the River o’ Joe,
    Am          C         Dm
The River ain’t never for sale,
       Dm
I said I was born by the River o’ Joe,
        Am           C          Dm
And the River ain’t a-never for sale,
         Dm
Well you can make your deals in the dead of night
        Am                   C
You can bribe who the bloody hell you like,
    Dm                                     Am          C         Dm
But I was born by the River o’ Joe and the river ain’t never for sale.

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