Stono River Blues

	  		 

Am G Am G 

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I moor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that you wanna go 
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Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low 
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There’s so much rivers where I live down south the ocean falls outta the rivers’ mouth 
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And the fish don’t care if they’re fresh or brine when they’re frying in that cast iron skillet of mine 

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I moor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that you wanna go 
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Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low 
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I got a sister on Wadmalaw she floats all day in the ledenwah 
    G                                                                        Am 
One day she left the chickens in charge and floated off to heaven on a party barge 

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I moor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that you wanna go 
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Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low 
     G                                                                       Am 
They mayor borrowed all the money he need to put in a bridge with deliberate speed 
     G                                             E 
They cut down the oaks with the tip of his hat and god will never forgive him of that 

Am G x4 

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Jasmine grown wild, high in the trees, smells like heaven but it grows like a weed 
    G                                                                  Am 
You don’t need much to be happy, the boat cost money but the shrimp is free 
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Rebellion runs in the blood round here, runs in the water and the earth down here 
         G                                                      Am 
It was a conflagration that first caught fire on the 9th of 9 1739 

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I moor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that you wanna go 
                                                                          G         Am 
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low 
  Am                                                              G         Am 
I moor my boat on the Old Stono that river take you anywhere that you wanna go 
                                                                          G         Am 
Sail on the Ashley or the Edisto but don’t get caught in the mud when the tide gets low