Tom Waits

Shenandoah

Tom Waits


Tom: Bb

INTRO:  Bb  Gm  F  Bb

VERSE:
     Bb                   Eb   Bb
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you, 
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
     Eb             F     Gm     
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
Eb Bb               Dm           
A-way, we're bound away, 
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.


VERSE:
     Bb                      Eb  Bb
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter, 
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
     Eb                F      Gm      
For her I'd cross the raging waters
Eb Bb               Dm             
A-way, we're bound away,
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.


VERSE:
    Bb                       Eb Bb
For ten long years I courted Sally 
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
    Eb         F                Gm        
She broke my heart here in this valley
Eb Bb               Dm             
A-way, we're bound away,
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.


VERSE:
    Bb                      Eb Bb
The Missouri she's a mighty river 
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
     Eb               F     Gm     
The Missouri she's a mighty river
Eb Bb               Dm             
A-way, we're bound away,
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.


VERSE:
    Bb                    Eb  Bb
Oh Shenandoah I'd love to see you
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
     Eb               F     Gm     
Oh, Shenandoah, I'll never grieve you
Eb Bb               Dm             
A-way, we're bound away,
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.


INSTRUMENTAL: (VERSE CHORDS)
Bb    Eb Bb   Bb Eb   Bb    Eb    F Gm   
Eb Bb    Dm      Gm   F Bb


VERSE:
     Bb                   Eb   Bb
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you, 
Bb Eb              Bb
A-way, you rolling river
     Eb             F     Gm     
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you
Eb Bb               Dm           
A-way, we're bound away, 
          Gm       F Bb
Cross the wide Missouri.