Lyr/Chords Req: Riverboat Fantasy (David Wilcox)

Subject: Lyrics/Chords Req Riverboat Fantasy
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Apr 03 - 10:58 AM

Hi Could someone please help! I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to get the lyrics and chords for David Wilcox's Riverboat Fantasy. Any help would be greatly app.

Subject: Lyr Add: RIVERBOAT FANTASY (Kent Dowell)
From: Sorcha
Date: 05 Apr 03 - 11:31 AM

Found the lyrics, no chords or tab. Sorry.

RIVERBOAT FANTASY
Kent Dowell

Ch. I can still hear the riverboat's wheel
    Smell the black smoke rolling
    See the people waving
    Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen

1. When I was just a young man I had a fantasy
   I would be a captain of the Queen
   Each morning I would run down by the riverside
   Watch her as she'd gone passing by

Ch.

2. Now I'm almost faded, it's been a long long time
   Since I've had a captain's dream of mine
   Delta Queen has come and gone and memories a few
   Exept the day that my captain's dream comes true

Ch.

Ch.

    Ridin' on the river's Delta Queen

Lyrics from: http://svtiwww.feld.cvut.cz/bgrass/texty/RIVERBOA.TXT

Subject: Chords David Wilcox
From: islandguy
Date: 05 Apr 03 - 12:14 PM

Hi does anyone know the lyrics and chords to the tune Riverboat Fantasy by David Wilcox

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: RIVERBOAT FANTASY (David Wilcox)
From: *daylia*
Date: 06 Apr 03 - 12:19 PM

David Wilcox version?
      
    RIVERBOAT FANTASY
          (David Wilcox)

F
"Sittin on a riverboat, havin a party
Bb               F
Me and my Cajun queen
F
She's turnin 21 on the Mississippi River
G                         C
Headin down to New Orleans
    F                  Bb
The year is 1894 - C'mon, baby and love me some more
    F
Her dark eyes flash like a gambler's rings
                                 C            F
She shakes her pretty head and sings

Chorus

F
Life for me is a Riverboat Fantasy
Bb                         F
Watchin the sun go down
F
A rock'n roll band and a reefer in my hand
         G                               C
Now look at those wheels go round!
F
Cocaine kisses and moonshine misses
Bb                     F
That's the life for me
F                                                 D
I'm sailing away from my heartache
         G             C    F
On a Riverboat Fantasy.


Can't think, can't drink any more whiskey
I coulda drunk a river dry
Mmmm this old boat is 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   

(Chorus)

Delta sun beat down like a hammer hmm
It give the low-down blues
I got a cotton gin, a wheel in spin
And shake the dust from my shoes
I made my money, I found me a honey
To tickle me under my chin
When morning comes, a ride into town
Then worry bout the shape I'm in.

(Chorus)

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I did the basic chords "by ear" - and they're the same for all 3 verses. Might try adding 7ths, though - especially for the G.

Have fun!   daylia

Subject: Lyr/Chord Add:Riverboat Fantasy
From: Sorcha
Date: 07 Apr 03 - 09:50 AM

Well, now we have two sets of lyrics, and chords for one! Thanks, dalia! (add for daylia's post of 06 Apr 03 - 12:19 PM this thread)

Subject: Lyr Req: Canadian Wilcox
From: islandguy
Date: 09 May 03 - 08:58 PM

Hi anyone have the lyrics to the tune by DAvid Wilcox Riverboat Fantasy, I can't seem to find it anywhere!!

Subject: Lyr Add: RIVERBOAT FANTASY (David Wilcox)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 09 May 03 - 09:45 PM

From HERE:


RIVERBOAT FANTASY
(Written by: David Wilcox)
As recorded by David Wilcox on "My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble" (1983)

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.

2. Can't think, can't drink any more 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. CHORUS

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. CHORUS


~Masato

Subject: RE: Chords Req: Riverboat Fantasy (David Wilcox)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 16 Dec 10 - 01:03 PM

See this thread: Lyr/Chords Req: Riverboat Fantasy (David Wilcox)