Up The River

Riff
    Gm                                 Bb            A   Gm
E|-6-3---3---------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----6----------------------------------6-----------8------| 
G|---------6--7-6-7---------------------7-----7-----6--------| 
D|-5---5---5------5-----5---5---5---8-8-----8---7-7----------| 
A|-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------3---3---3------------------------------| 

Verse
Riff
Bb               A4             Gm7
Billy was a young man gone astray
Bb               A4             Gm7
Bottle at his lips all night and day

Chorus
Bb                                     A4         Gm7
Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday

Verse
Whiskey ate big holes in Billy's head
Summer's day he shot spud murphy dead