C       F       C
F       C
F  C    G       C
Am      C       F   G    C

[Verse 1]
         C               F       C
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
         F             C
Now look away, rolling river
   F     C     G           C        
Oh Shenandoah,   I long to see you
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 2]
    C                            F      C
The chief disdained the trader's dollars
     F             C
Look away, rolling river
   F  C     G                 C
My daughter,  you shall never follow.
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 3]
    C                       F     C
For seven years, he courted Sally
       F             C
I look away, rolling river
    F     C    G              C
For seven more,  he longed to have her
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 4]
    C                        F     C
She said she would not be my lover
     F             C
Look away, rolling river 
F       C  G             C     
Because I,   was a dirty sailor
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 5]
      C                             F        C
It's "Fare thee well," I'm bound to leave you
       F             C
I look away, rolling river
   F     C     G             C    
Oh Shenandoah,   I would not deceive you
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Instrumental]
C       F       C
F       C
F  C    G       C
Am      C       F   G    C

[Verse 6]
   C                         F      C
At last, there came a Yankee skipper
     F             C   
Look away, rolling river
   F          C    G                   C
He winked his eye,   and he tipped his flipper
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 7]
   C                      F       C
Oh Shenandoah, I love you daughter
       F             C
I look away, rolling river
  F    C   G               C
I take her across the open water
Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

Am                 C             F    G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
Am                 C             F        G       C
Away, oh, bound away, across the wide     Missouri