Caney Fork River

G Well I first saw her on the Caney Fork River C G They said her daddy'd rather shoot her than ever forgive her C G Falling for one of the Macallum clan G D But what do you expect he’s a feuding man G Every day before breakfast her mother said daughter C G It’s time you got your bucket and went to fetch water C G And she’d skip down the path to the cool dark eddy G D G G/C G That fed into the Caney Fork River Em Caney Fork River Em Caney Fork River C G Water everywhere it’s a taker and a giver C She touched it to her body G She touched it to her lips G D G How I wish I was the Caney Fork River G D Em Em7 Em oooooOOOOoooo G Well there’s no use thinking that you won’t get caught C G Because your lucky streak's been running hot C G I couldn’t swim but I started across G Em Em7 Hangin on to the branches of a hollow log G Well the log struck a rock and I went to the bottom C G And my body washed away late last autumn C G Spirit still lingers in the cool dark water G D G G/C G That washes the skin of Ferguson’s daughter Em Caney Fork River Em Caney Fork River C G Water everywhere it’s a taker and a giver C She touched it to her body G She touched it to her lips G D G How I wish I was the Caney Fork River Em Caney Fork River Em Caney Fork River C G Water everywhere it’s a taker and a giver C She touched it to her body G She touched it to her lips G D G How I wish I was the Caney Fork River G D Em oooooOOOOoooo