Dbm                   E
They baptized me one fine day
Dbm                   E
Down at the river's edge
Dbm                   E
All my sins are washed away
Dbm                   E
Like water under the bridge
Dbm
Dbm                            E
I had a little girl and her eyes were blue
Dbm                         E
She lived just over the ridge
Dbm
Her love ran deep and her love ran true
Dbm
Like water under the bridge

[Chorus]
E                    Dbm
Sailin' away on a paper boat
E                Dbm
As far as I can go
E                Dbm
All the way to New Orleans
Dbm
And the Gulf of Mexico
Dbm                   E
River run clear river run clean
Dbm             E
River run rough sometime

[Verse 2]
Dbm                   E
River run wild and it run serene
Dbm                   E
Just like a friend of mine
Dbm
E                    Dbm
Tie my troubles in a gunnysack
E                    Dbm
And throw em' over the edge
E                    Dbm
Sailin' away and I won't be back
Dbm
Like water under the bridge

[Chorus]
E                    Dbm
Sailin' away on a paper boat
E                Dbm
As far as I can go
E                Dbm
All the way to New Orleans
Dbm                     E
And the Gulf of Mexico

[Verse 3]
Dbm
You might be saint you might be sinner
Dbm                     E
You might be Billy The Kid
Dbm
You might crap out or roll a winner
Dbm                     E
It's water under the bridge

[Chorus]
E                    Dbm
Sailin' away on a paper boat
E                Dbm
As far as I can go
E                Dbm
All the way to New Orleans
Dbm                     E
And the Gulf of Mexico

E                    Dbm
Sailin' away on a paper boat
E                Dbm
As far as I can go
E                Dbm
All the way to New Orleans
Dbm                     E
And the Gulf of Mexico