[Intro]
C
I guess I'll find a new type
F
I'm on a battleship flying kites
C G
She was my one, and done, for a life.
C
The coal that burns in her eyes
F
pushed a steam engine 'cross state lines.
C
Maybe the Aedes can breathe for a night.
[Chorus]
F C
I'm growing old near the bank of the river.
F Am
Been bought and sold from a girl I lost.
F C
She's growing old somewhere north of Chicago
G
Lord, I pray she . . . was growing old with me.
[Instrumental]
F C
F Am
F C G
C
A pipe at the bar told her right.
F
"Give him hell or give him time.
C
He'll come around." But he lied.
G
Are you surprised?
C
A voice where I once found life
F
only speaks now after a pint:
C G
the solace behind anodyne and a drive.
F C
I'm growing old near the bank of the river.
F Am
Been bought and sold from a girl I lost.
F C
She's growing old somewhere north of Chicago
G
Lord, I pray she . . . was growing old with me.
[Instrumental]
F C
F Am
F C G
F C
Why-ow ooh oh whoa ow
F Am
Why-ow ooh oh whoa hoo
C G
Why-ow ooh oh whoa ow . . . la la la
F C
Why-ow ooh oh whoa ow
F Am
Who-ow ooh oh whoa hoo
C G
Why-ow ooh oh whoa ow . . . la la la
F C
I'm growing old near the bank of the river
F Am
Been bought and sold from a girl I lost.
F C
She's growing old somewhere north of Chicago
G
Lord, I pray she . . .was growing old with me.
[Outro]
F C
F Am
F C G