Bonita And Bill Butler - Alison Krauss & Union Station Chords
Chords: B7, E, D, Am7, Am, Em, A, C, G
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Genre: bluegrass
B7
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|--2-------|
D|--1-------|
A|--2-------|
E|--0-------|
On the G chord, do this as well.
e|-3------3---|
B|-3------2---|
G|-0------0---|
D|-0------0---|
A|-2------2---|
E|-3----2h3---|
[Intro]
E D Am7 Am D Em
[Verse]
Em D A
I grew up in the scantling yards of Wheeling West Virginia
C D Em
A wheelhouse cub looking for an open door
Em D A
In the packet ways a Sweeney wed the keel of my Bonita
C D Em
Just two months from her timbers til she moored
Em D A
I paid the fare in billet on her maiden voyage to Vicksburg
C D Em
And talked my way to hand the tiller on the course
Em D A
In her planks I carved a notch and sealed the vow “Be my Bonita”
C D Em
And her dowry was my life between the shores
[Chorus]
Em D C G
I was born with roguing ways, and she steered me like a woman
C B7
From the port calls and the bawds that lead me stray
Em D C G
The calliope serenades, made the old towns come running
C B7
And the boys would gamble shards to pull her chains
C D Em
The striker’s boast would fain me loss, about the wrecks the shoals were
A
keeping
C D Em
And how the old girl’s got poor Billy’s ransom saved
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