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Song Name: Bound For The Rio Grande (2nd pos) By: 19th C. English sea chantey
Posted By: WaltP Difficulty: Any
Key: D Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2011-08-26 09:01:52 Modified: 0000-00-00 00:00:00


Song:

BOUND FOR THE RIO GRANDE 2nd pos

19th C. English sea chantey

Key: D

Time: 6/8

Harp: G

 

-1   3   3   3  -3 -3

-4   6   6   6  -7 -7

Oh, say have ye ev-er

 

 -3   -3” 3 -3”  3

 -7   -6  6 -6   6

Been down Ri-o Grande

 

-4  -3  5 -4

-8  -7  8 -8

Way for Ri-o

 

 -4    5    6    5  -4  4

 -8    8    9    8  -8  7

It’s there that the riv-er

 

 -3    4    -4  4   -3

 -7    7    -8  7   -7

Flows down gold-en sand

 

 3   -3”   -3   -3” -3-3”3-3”  3

 6   -6    -7   -6  -7 -66-6   6

And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande

 

 3  -3”-3   -3”  3  -3” 3

 6  -6 -7   -6   6  -6  6

Then a-way, bul-lies a-way

 

-4  -3  5 -4

-8  -7  8 -8

Way for Ri-o

 

-4 5 6  5  -4 4 -3  4   -4   4   -3

-8 8 9  8  -8 7 -7  7   -8   7   -7

So fare ye well me pret-ty young gal

 

 3   -3”   -3    4  -3-3”3-3”  3

 6   -6    -7    7  -7 -66-6   6

And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande