Last Of The Riverboats

Intro There a light across the river and it's making me dream It's the last of the riverboats and it's getting up steam I can see it through the willows, I can hear it round the bend The birds fly up and they're saying It won't be back again And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes And someone throws me a line The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans And the water shows me a sign It's the last of the riverboats going home I dreamed I took a journey From Echuca to the lake Drinkin on the promenade deck Till I couldn't keep awake I woke up with a vision from a different time When the road was a river and the riverboat was mine And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes And someone throws me a line The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans And the water shows me a sign It's the last of the riverboats going home Solo Meanwhile we're living, lives we all know Paying our tax and breaking our backs With nothing left to show Thinking of a future, of a day that'll come for sure We'll take the riverboat and we'll fire it up once more And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes And someone throws me a line The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans And the water shows me a sign It's the last of the riverboats going home And the Riverboat knows just where the river goes goes And someone throws me a line The steam whistle moans, the paddle wheel groans And the water shows me a sign It's the last of the riverboats going home This song is one of the most requested in Australia from the great Andrew Durant, member of 70's band Stars. It took me years to figure it out and it's still not quite right so let's make our changes and share the love. Slash chords define running bass lines so it's better if you know your way round a bit.