Astoria Bar Chords
by Gordon Bok
Astoria Bar by Gordon Bok is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D G D A D
Verse
A D
Well, it's not very far to Astoria's Bar
G D A
But a very long journey it can be
D G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river
D A D
And end at the bottom of the sea
A D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
G D A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
D G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
D A D
And lived in Willapa Bay
Instrumental
A D G D A
D G D A D
Verse
A D
When the tide is rough, so very, very rough
G D A
So rough that you cannot stand
D G
It'll drive the fish right into the nets
D A D
And the boats right into the sand
A D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
G D A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
D G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
D A D
And lived in Willapa Bay
Instrumental
A D G D A
D G D A D
Verse
A D
In the mist and the rain, the labour and the pain
G D A
We know what the fishing here is worth
D G
It is worth all the gold, when they suck 'f#m from the hold
D A D
And worth all the treasures of the earth
A D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
G D A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
D G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
D A D
And lived in Willapa Bay
Verse
A D
Now it's not very far to Astoria's Bar
G D A
But a very long journey it can be
D G
You can start at the mouth of the mighty blue river
D A D
And end at the bottom of the sea
A D
And the River still shines and shimmers in the light
G D A
As it did in our grandfathers' day
D G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
D A D
And lived in Willapa Bay
G
When they rowed all night and fished in the morning
D A D
And lived in Willapa Bay