C      332010
F(maj) x33210
Am     002210
G      320003

[Intro]
C  F   C  F

Intro is repeated at the end of each verse

[Verse 1]
C  F     C    F
If I had wings
C    F      C    F
like Noah's dove,
C   F       Am
I'd fly the river
             C     F
to the one I love.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 2]
C F     C  F
I had a man
C   F            C   F
who was long and tall,
C     F   Am
moved his body
       C    F
like a cannonball.


[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 3]
C F         C  F
'member one evening
C   F         C F
was drizzling rain,
    C     F  Am
and round my heart
          C    F
I felt an aching pain.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 4]
C    F C    F
Once I wore
C  F     C   F
my apron low,
C        F    Am
couldn't keep you
             C   F
away from my door.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 5]
C   F  C  F
Now my apron
C  F        C  F
is up to my chin,
C      F       Am
you'll pass my door
                 C  F
but you'll never come in.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 6]
C  F   C    F
Mighty river
C    F         C   F
runs muddy and wild,
C     F        Am
can't care the bloody
        C   F
for my unborn child.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 7]
C  F   C    F
Number nine train
C    F  C  F
done no harm,
C      F    Am
number nine train,
             C  F        
take my poor baby home.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.

[Verse 8]
C  F    C  F
Fastest man
C  F   C  F
I ever saw,
C   F  Am
was in Missouri
              C  F    
on the way to Arkansas.

[Chorus]
C         Am       F       G
Fare thee well, my honey,
          C     F
fare thee well.