Erie Canal Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]We were forty miles from Albany,
Forget it, I never [D]shall.[G]
What a terrible storm
[D]we had[G] one[D] night on [G]the Erie Can[D]al.[G]
Oh, the Erie was a -risin'
and the gin was a -gettin' low,
And a scarce [D]leth think [G]we'll get a drink
[D]Till [G]we get to Buf[D]falo,
[G]till we get to Buffalo.
The captain he came up on deck
With a spyglass in his hand,
But the fog it was so tunnel -thick
[D]That you [G]couldn't [D]see [G]the land.
Oh, the ear -eye was a -risin'
And the gin, it was a -gettin' low
And I scarcely [D]think we'll get [G]a drink
[D]Till we [G]get to [D]Buffalo,
[G]till we get to Buffalo
The cook, she was a grand old gal
She had a [D]ragged dress
[G]So we heisted her upo[D]n a p[G]ole[D]
as a signal [G]of [D]distre[G]ss.
Oh, the Erie was a -risin'
and the gin it was a [D]-gettin' [G]low,
And I scarcely [D]think we'll [G]get a drink
[D]till we [G]get to [D]Buffalo,
[G]till we get to Buffalo.
Our captain, he got married,
And the cook, [D]she went [G]to jail,
And I'm the [D]only son [G]of [D]a gun
That's [G]left to [D]tell the [G]tale.
Oh, the ira 'i was a -risin'
And the gin, it was a [D]-gettin' [G]low,
And scarce [D]they think we'll [G]get a drink
[D]Till we [G]get to [D]Buffalo,
[G]Till we get [D]to Buffalo.
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