Tom: F
Dm
Let out all your troubles with the boughs of fraying pine
C F
The proudest grove of hemlock, bring solace to your mind.
Dm
Before they burned the mountains, and ran dry all the streams
C F
There was plenty to get by on, plenty more to dream
C Am
Before the heavy hand of greed came knocking at your door
C F
Telling lies in silver you always have endured
Dm
Singing who’ll rock the cradle, and who’ll sing this song?
C F
How will you survive the winters long?
[Chorus]
Dm C
And it’s come on Katy dear
F Bb
It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear
Dm C
All the coy dogs howl
F
There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south
[Solo]
Dm C F x2
[Verse]
Dm
That colt’s mane was spruce and his cold heart was pine
C F
They said he’d run on water, if I could pass the time
Dm
Early in the spring, when the ice began to thaw
C F
I’d ride him down the Delaware, and bid farewell to all
C Am
Before the tree trunks line the hills and bark it’ll line the roads
C F
They’re sending half the forest down the stream in heavy loads.
Dm
Singing you never know what you’ve got until it’s almost gone
C F
So who’ll rock the cradle when it’s gone?
[Chorus]
Dm C
And it’s come on Katy dear
F Bb
It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear
Dm C
All the coy dogs howl
F
There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south
Dm C
And it’s come on Katy dear
F Bb
It’s midnight on the water, and I swear that you can hear
Dm C
All the coy dogs howl
F
There’s strapping colts in margaretsville, but that’s a way down south
