Alison Krauss - Bonita And Bill Butler

sat down the other evening to tried and work this out , i love this song so much
and hope this helps you learn this great song

B7
E – – – – – – – – – –
B – – – – – – – – – –
G – – 2 – – – – – – –
D – – 1 – – – – – – –
A – – 2 – – – – – – –
E – – 0 – – – – – – –

on the G chord , do this as well .
E – 3 – – – – – – 3 – – –
B – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – –
G – 0 – – – – – – 0 – – –
D – 0 – – – – – – 0 – – –
A – 2 – – – – – – 2 – – –
E – 3 – – – – 2h3 – – –

intro : Em , D , A , C , D , Em

Em D A
i grew up in the scantling yards of wheeling west virginia
C D Em
a wheelhouse cub looking for an open door
Em D A
in the packet ways a sweeney wed the keel of my bonita
C D Em
just two months from her timbers til she moored
Em D A
i paid the fare in billet on her maiden voyage to vicksburg
C D Em
and talked my way to hand the tiller on the course
Em D A
in her planks i carved a notch and sealed the vow be my bonita
C D Em
and her dowry was my life between the shores

chorus

Em D C G
i was born with rouging ways , and she steered me like a woman
C B7
from the port calls and the bawds that lead me stray
Em D C G
the calliope serenades , made the old towns come running
C B7
and the boys would gamble shards to pull her chains
C D Em
the strikers boast would fain me loss , about the wrecks the shoals were
A
keeping
C D Em
and how the old girls got poor billys ransom saved

Em , D , A , C , D , Em x2

Em D A
on the lake at bistineau , she set the wharf at dixie
C D Em
with a thousand bales of cotton on her main
Em D A
as the great raft disappeared , the watermark went sinking
C D Em
and she was stuck right hard , a listing on the bank
Em D A
with the furnace still a blaze , i stood my last upon her
C D Em
then climbed the prow and took a landsmans trade
Em D A
a derelict now milady said the watch log ive concorded
C D Em
have the bosun sound us eight bells for the change

chorus :
Em D C G
i was born with rouging ways , and she steered me like a woman
C B7
from the port calls and the bawds that lead me stray
Em D C G
the calliope serenades , made the old towns come running

Em D C G
and i would take to wider walks , so the gin i stopped a drinking
C B7
at three scores aloft this crooked frame
C D Em
the strikers boast would fain me loss , about the wrecks the shoals were
A
keeping
C D Em
and how the old girls got poor billys ransom saved

outro : Em , D , A , C , D , Em