Tom: Am
Am G Am G
Am G Am
I moor my boat on the Old Stono, that river take you anywhere that you wanna go
G Am
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low
G Am
There’s so much rivers where I live down south the ocean falls outta the rivers’ mouth
G Am
And the fish don’t care if they’re fresh or brine when they’re frying in that cast iron skillet of mine
Am G Am
I moor my boat on the Old Stono, that river take you anywhere that you wanna go
G Am
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low
G Am
I got a sister on Wadmalaw, she floats all day in the ledenwah
G Am
One day she left the chickens in charge and floated off to heaven on a party barge
Am G Am
I moor my boat on the Old Stono, that river take you anywhere that you wanna go
G Am
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low
G Am
They mayor borrowed all the money he need to put in a bridge with deliberate speed
G E
And they cut down the oaks with the tip of his hat and God will never forgive him for that
Am G x4
G Am
Jasmine grown wild, high in the trees, smells like heaven but it grows like a weed
G Am
You don’t need much to be happy, the boat cost money but the shrimp is free
G Am
Rebellion runs in the blood round here, runs in the water and the earth down here
G Am
It was a conflagration that first caught fire on nine-nine-seventeen-thirty-nine
Am G Am
I moor my boat on the Old Stono, that river take you anywhere that you wanna go
G Am
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low
Am G Am
I moor my boat on the Old Stono, that river take you anywhere that you wanna go
G Am
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low
