Sailin' Up, Sailin' Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I and my family [G]live on the banks of the
Hudson
River, and we've got a project there that's
a little bit unlike anything
I've ever heard.
We're getting the river
clean by sailing a sailboat
up and down.
Now you wouldn't think, what
can a sailboat do?
It can't actually clean up the river
itself.
But what we do is we bring people
together at the edge of the river.
And you know, you bring
people together for any purpose whatsoever,
[C]you're [G]in politics.
You can bring them together
to drink beer or to watch a football game
but you're affecting the body politic.
And the river has gotten cleaner.
We're swimming in the
Hudson [D]again.
Anyway [G]this is just one of the many
songs sung by the
Clearwater gang up and down the [D]river.[G]
I sing sailing up you got to repeat it after
me sailing up sailing down after
that you have to reverse it I say up you
say down I say [D]you go[G][D][G]
Sailin' up, sailin' down, sailin' down, up,
down, down, up, up and down the river
[C]Sailin' on, stoppin' all along the [G]way
The river [D]may be dirty now,
but she's [C]gettin' cleaner every [G]day[C][D]
Singin' [G]here, singin' here, singin' there,
singin' there, here, there, there
Up and down the river [C]sailing on

[Verse 2]
[C]Stalking all along the way
[G]

[Verse 3]
The river [D]may be dirty now

[Verse 4]
But she's [C]getting cleaner [Am]every [G]day
Hey,

[Interlude 1]
Steve, play it.
[D][G]
[C][G]
[D]
[C][G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 5]
[G]Come, go, up and down the river
Sailing [C]on, [Am]stop[C]ping
[Am]all along [C]the [G]way
[C]The [G]river [D]may be dirty now
But she's getting [Am]cleaner
[G]every [C]day[D]
Garbage [G]here, garbage there
Up and down the river
It's headed [C]off,
[Am]stopping all along the w[C]ay[G]
There is a [D]baby birdie now
But she's [C]getting meaner
[G]every [D]day
Catching [G]fish, catching fish
Catching hell, catching hell
Hell, fish, fish, hell
Up and down the river
It's headed [C]off,
stopping all along [D]the way
[G]

[Verse 6]
river [D]makes me dirty now

[Verse 7]
she's [C]getting cleaner [G]every day

[Interlude 2]
Workin'
[D][G]
[C][Am][G][Am][C][G][C]
[G]
[D][C][G][D]
[G]
[C][Am][G]
[D][C][Am][D]

[Verse 8]
[G]One more tim[D]e!
Sailing [G]up
Sailing up
Sailing down
Sailing down
Up
Down
Down
Up
Up and down the [C]river
Sailing on
Stopping all along the [G]way
The river [D]may be dirty now,
but she's [C]getting cleaner [G]every day.
What did you just say?
The river [D]may be dirty now,
but she's [C]getting cleaner every [G]day.
Oh, tell me that once again.
The river [D]may be dirty now,
but she's [C]getting cleaner every day.

[Outro 1]
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