RIVERBOAT FANTASY DAVID WILCOX Intro: E||----0--|--1--1-------------------|-------------------------|------ B||----0--|--1-----4--3--1----------|-------------------------|------ G||----1--|--2--------------1-------|-------------------------|------ D|| ---2--|--3-------------------3--|--L--3--1--0--3----------|------ A||----2--|--3----------------------|--------------3----------|------ E||----0--|--1----------------------|-----------------4----1--|---L-- Verse 1: Sittin' on a riverboat, havin' a party Me and my Cajun Queen She's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river Headin' down to New Orleans The year is 1894 Oh come on mama and love me some more Her dark eyes flash like a gambler's rings She shakes her pretty head and sings Chorus: Life for me is a riverboat fantasy Watchin' the sun go down A rock and roll band with a reefer in my hand Now look at that wheel go around Cocaine kisses and moonshine Misses That's the life for me --- I'm sailing away from my heartache On a riverboat fantasy Verse 2: Can't think, can't drink anymore whisky I could'a drunk a river dry Mmmmm...this old boat she's Just sittin' in the moonlight Catchin' the gleam in her eye Showers of rain come pourin' down The sky full of stars like a French lace gown Shimmer, glimmer I think I'm gonna fall Whoops catch me mama, that's all Repeat chorus Solo: GC Verse 3: Delta sun beats down like a hammer Mmmm....it gives the low down blues I've got a cotton gin. I'll weave and spin And shake the dust from my shoes I made my money, I found me a honey To tickle me under my chin When mornin' comes I'll ride into town And worry 'bout the shape I'm in Repeat chorus