Erie Canal Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]We[E][C][E][Am][E]
[C]wer[Am]e[E][Am][C]
[Am]40 m[E]iles[Am] from Albany
Forget it I never shall
What a [C]terrible [Dm]storm [Am]we had one night
On the E- R- I- E canal
Oh, the E- R- [C]I- E was rising
And gin was get[Dm]ting [Am]low
I scarcely [E]think [Am]we'll get a [F]drink
'Til [Am]we get to Buffalo
'Til we get to Buf[E]falo
[Am]We were load[C]ed down
with barley
[G]We were chuck full [C]up on rye
The captain, he looked down on me
With his gol- durn wicked eye
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
And [G]gin [C]was getting low
An' I scarcely think [F]we'll get a drink
'Til [C]we get to Buffalo
'Til we [F]get to [C]Buffalo

[Verse 2]
Two days out from Syracuse
The vessel [E]struck a shoal[Am][E][C][E]
[Am]We like to all been foundered
On a chunk o' Lackawanna coal
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
And gin was getting low
An' I scarcely [F]think [Am]we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
'Til we [C]get to Buffalo
[Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Am]We hollered to the captain
On the towpath, treadin' dirt
He [E]jumped [Am]on board a[C]nd
stopped [Dm]the leak
[Am]With his old red flannel shirt
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
And the gin was getting [C]low
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
'Til we [G]get to [C]Buffalo

[Verse 4]
The cook she was a grand ol' gal [C]She wore
a ragged dress
We hoisted her upon the pole
As a signal of distress
Oh, [G]the E- R- I- E was [C]rising
Gin was getting low
[F]I scarcely think we'[C]ll get a drink
'Til we [F]get to [C]Buffalo

[Verse 5]
'Til we get to Buffalo
[C]The [E]winds began to [Am]whist[E]le[Am][E]
The [Am]waves began to roll
We had to reep our royals
On that raging canal
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
And gin was [Dm]getting low
[Am]I scarcely think we'll get
a drink
'Til we get to Buf[C]falo
'Til we get to Buffalo

[Verse 6]
Well, when we [C]got to Syracuse
[Dm]Off- mule [Am]he was dead
The nigh mule he got
blind staggers
We cracked him [E]on [Am]the head
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
The gin was getting low
I scarcely think we'll get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
[Am]'Til we get to [E]Buf[Am]falo
[C]The captain,

[Verse 7]
he got married
The cook, she went to [G]jail
[C]And I'm the only sea cook son
That's left to tell the tale
Oh, the E- R- I- E was rising
The gin [G]was getting [C]low
I [Am]scarcely think [F]we'll [C]get a drink
'Til we get to Buffalo
'Til we [F]get [C]to Buffalo