Old Man And The River Chords
Old Man And The River by Hank Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
There's an old man who lives by the river
G7 C
In an old log cabin with the cracks in the wall
Makes his livin' by the catchin' of the fish
G7 C
If he don't catch many well he can't fix the wall
F F
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
G7 C
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
F C
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
G7 C
Wade across the river where the waters ain't deep
Old man prayed the big fish are bitin'
G7 C
The time of the year it's late in the fall
Winter's 'commin' the winds gonna whistle
G7 C
Snow gonna blow through the cracks in the wall
F C
Oo-ee the whistle of the wind
G7 C
Nail up the boards where the wind goes in
F C
Oo-ee can't go to sleep,
G7 C
Wade across the river where the water ain't deep
The old man Courted a pretty youg maiden
A maiden that he loved most of all
She ran away with a cool river gambler
Cool river gambler, seven feet tall
Repeat Chorus