Gordon Bok - River drive

I'd like to tell you the ^Cstory, boys, about ^D7taking down the ^Gdrive My foreman's name is ^AmBuster, and he also does re^Gside Near the ^Dbanks of this river, in ^CSkowhegan, ^GMaine But ^Cwhen the rear gets ^Gin this year, we'll ^Dnever drive a^Ggain ^{D7 G}

Now this mighty ^CKennebec, she's ^D7something to be ^Gseen From her headwaters in ^AmMoosehead, down to Merrymeeting and the ^Gsea With ^Dislands, back channels, ^Cwhite-water and ^Gdead Great ^Ceddies and great ^Gremedies for a ^Driver driver's ^Ghead ^{D D7 G}

We hang the booms in ^Cspringtime, we ^D7sluice in summer^Gtime They're rafting wood a^Amcross the lakes, five thousand cord to a ^Gtime ^DWhen the fall is coming on, it's ^Ctime to take the ^Grear Better ^Chead up to that ^Gcutoff, get old Mc^DLollen's butt in ^Ggear ^{D D7 G}

There's Buster and Gerry ^CBigelow, them ^D7Sanipass boys and ^Gme George Waters and my ^Amfather rave about days that used to ^Gbe The ^DMesser boys are hung-over, they're ^Cpraying for a head^Gwind So we can ^Chitch her up at ^Gnoontime, and they can ^Dstart right in ^Gagain ^{D D7 G}

From Indian Pond down ^Cto the Forks, it's ^D7white-water most of the ^Gway Riding them leaky ^Ambateaux, I don't think it's worth the ^Gpay From the ^DForks down through Carratunk, we're ^Cover the Wyman ^GDam By the ^Cfirst week in Sep^Gtember, we're ^Dheaded for the Solon ^GDam ^D7

From ^GSolon down through ^CLibby Country and ^D7down into North An^Gson That oxbow it don't ^Amslow us up, we're down into Madi^Gson We ^Dtake those three dams, we're ^Calways on the ^Grun She's a-^Cflying rear through ^GNorridgewock and ^Ddown to Skowhe^Ggan ^{D D7 G}

We send Dennis up to the ^CGreen Front and ^D7head for Shawmut ^GShores There's two weeks of hard ^Ampicking, but then only be two or three ^Gmore And ^Dnow it is November, god^Cdamn, it's getting ^Gcold ^CBest be careful ^Gwhere you step, there's ^Dno place to take ^Ghold ^{D D7 G}

We've been driving this old ^Criver, boys, two ^D7centuries and a ^Ghalf Just to get that wood down ^Amto the mill, it almost makes me ^Glaugh Some ^Deducated fools from god knows where, well they ^Cfigured it should ^Gend So that ^Coutfit down to Au^Ggusta says, we can ^Dnever drive a^Ggain ^{D7 G}

Finally we do ^Cget her in, and ^D7we're all feeling ^Ggood We'll have us a little ^Amgathering to forget the goddamn ^Gwood With some ^Dliquor and some smoking, some ^Cbullshitting all a^Ground But ^Ceveryone of us ^Gknows this is the last ^Dtime we'll take her ^Gdown Oh, ^Ceverybody ^Gknows this is the last ^Dtime we'll take her ^Gdown