Last Of The Riverboats

	  		 
Intro 
 C7   G/B      C    G    C    G  

 C7                            G/B               
There a light across the river and it's                      
Am              G 
making me dream   
               Em                                             
It's the last of the riverboats and it's  
D                C 
getting up steam  

 C7                     G/B                         Am              G  
I can see it through the willows, I can hear it round the bend 
               Em                        A 
The birds fly up and they're saying  
D                     C 
It won't be back again     

 D             G                   D                G  
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes 
 C   G/B   Am   G/B   C    
And someone throws me a line 
 D                G                  D           G  
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans 
 C      G/B     Am   G/B        C   C#m  
And the water shows me a sign 
                D            C                    G  
It's the last of the riverboats going home 


 C             G/B           
I dreamed I took a journey 
   Am            G              Em  
From Echuca to the lake 
                  A  
Drinkin on the promenade deck 
           D                  C  
Till I couldn't keep awake 
 C             G/B             Am                    G  
I woke up with a vision from a different time 
 Em                                           D                       C  
When the road was a river and the riverboat was mine 

 D             G               D                G  
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes 
 C   G/B   Am   G/B   C    
And someone throws me a line 
 D             G                  D           G  
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans 
 C      G/B     Am   G/B        C   C#m  
And the water shows me a sign 
                D            C                    G  
It's the last of the riverboats going home 

Solo 

 C   G   C   G  C  G   Am  C  D  G  

 C               G/B                C              G  
Meanwhile we're living, lives we all know 
               E                                     D  
Paying our tax and breaking our backs  
                           C  
With nothing left to show 
 C            G/B                D                    G  
Thinking of a future, of a day that'll come for sure 
 Em                  A                     D  
We'll take the riverboat and we'll fire it up once more 


 D             G                  D                G  
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes 
 C   G/B   Am      D     C  
And someone throws me a line 
 D                    G                 D           G  
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans 
 C      G/B     Am         G/B         C   C#m  
And the water shows me a sign 
 D                   G  
It's the last of the riverboats going home 

 C             G                                  D  
And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes 
goes 
 C   G/B   Am      D     C  
And someone throws me a line 
 D              G                      D           G  
The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans 
 C      G/B     Am         G/B         C   C#m   
And the water shows me a sign 
 D                   C            G  
It's the last of the riverboats going home 
  
This song is one of the most requested in Australia from the great Andrew Durant, member of 70's band  
Stars. It took me years to figure it out and it's still not quite right so let's make our changes and  
share the love. Slash chords define running bass lines so it's better if you know your way round a bit.