Bound For The Rio Grande (hi-lo)

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BOUND FOR THE RIO GRANDE hi-lo
19th C. English sea chantey
Key: D
Time: 6/8
 
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6    7   7   7  8  8
Oh, say have ye ev-er 
 
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Been down Ri-o Grande
 
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Way for Ri-o
 
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It’s there that the riv-er
 
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Flows down gold-en sand
 
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 7   -8     8   -8   8  -87-8  7
And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande
 
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 7  -8  8   -8   7  -8  7
Then a-way, bul-lies a-way
 
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Way for Ri-o
 
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9 -1010 -10 9-9 8   -9  9   -9    8
So fare ye well me pret-ty young gal
 
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 7   -8     8   -9   8 -87-8   7
And we’re bound for the Ri-o Grande