Ty Childress song about the Stanislaus River with chord notes

My Song to the Stanislaus River

By Ty Childress

C G         Am      Em

With beaches white and waters clear

            F          C         F          G

Your cliffs are tall, your rapids near

            C         G         Am      Em

I’ve known the lovely Stanislaus

            F          C         F          G

I can’t believe she’s being lost

Chorus:

            C         F          G
But the water’s filling in

My friends

            C         F          G

It’s time to sink or swim

            C

‘Cause the Army Corps

            Bflat    F                      C

Has got it up once more

The figs are ripe, and mine for free

I’ll build my home in a live oak tree

Where otters play and ouzels dip

From the river, I will take a sip

Chorus

I’ve known her touch; she’s held me near

Running sweet, deep, and clear

Children laughing in my boat

Why don’t we all just take a vote

Chorus

This canyon’s been a home to me

I’ll chain myself ‘neath a buckeye tree

Where the swallow comes to make its nest

Perhaps it’s here I’ll take my rest

Chorus

Thought I heard a canyon wren

Singing sweetly ‘round the bend

When I got there, her nest was gone

I heard the question in her song

Will there ever come a day

When I can fly and say

That the Army Corps can’t get it up

The Army Corps can’t get it up

The Army Corps can’t get it up no more?