[Verse]
C
Take me down to the waterline
C
Take me down to the riverside
F C
Where I used to drop a line
G
Catch all the fish that you can
F C
I hear the grease poppin' in the fryin' pan
[Verse]
C
I'll stay all day, Stay all night
C
Go to sleep by the firelight
F C
Wake up with dew in your hair
G
I could stay out and never come home
F C
But I'd leave my baby here all alone
[Verse]
C
Well the cattails dancin' in the Texas breeze
C
Roll up your overcoat roll up your sleeves
F C
It's a long walk from this side of town
G
I never tell no one when I'll be back
F C
Got a fist full of matches and a sleeping sack
[Chorus]
F C
Got them old Waterline Blues
F C C/B Am
And I know I'm never gonna loo-oose them
F G C
Got them old Waterline Blues
[Verse]
C
Well the fish they jump right on your line
C
The sweetest berries aren't hard to find
F C
If you know where to look
G
Tie that string right onto your toe
F C
and go to sleep as the cool wind blows
[Verse]
C
Well late in the evening sun goes down
C
Hear the river laugh it's a pleasant sound
F C
Sounds like a lullaby
G
Take out the bottle and pass it round
F C
and anything else that you brought from town
[Verse]
C
One of these days I'm gonna get up the gall
C
Tel you people once and for all
F C
That I'm never comin' home
G
Tie my lady right to my side
F C
and we can go walkin' on the waterline
[Chorus]
F C
Got them old Waterline Blues
F C C/B Am
And I know I'm never gonna loo-oose them
F G C
Got them old Waterline Blues
[Verse]
C
Well come on baby, won't you go
C
you're the only that I need ya know
F C
'cept a fishing hook and a fishing line
G
I'll dig up the worms that I find
F C
We can live happy on the water line
[Verse]
C
I'll put a flower in your hair
C
Walk along without a care
F C
Five.. hundred miles
G
Don't pay no mind to the clock at all
F C
See time got drunk and it started to crawl
[Verse]
C
I'll be walking out of town singing ol' Suzanna
C
Got my things tied in a red bandana
F C
I'll be on my way
G
Maybe I'll be back
F
Maybe I'll stay
G F C
The waterline gonna wash my blues away
[Chorus]
F C
Got them old Waterline Blues
F C C/B Am
And I know I'm never gonna loo-oose them
F G C
Got them old Waterline Blues
