G             D           C   G
Ain't no more cane on the brazos
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh, 
       C                   G
They've done ground it all to molasses
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,

            G           D        C      G
You Shoulda been on the river in 19 and 4
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
C                              G
You coulda found a dead man at every turn row
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,
            G           D        C      G
You shoulda been on the river in 19 and 10
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
C                                         G
They were rollin' the women like the were driven' the men.
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,

    G                 D          C                      G
Now captain don't you do me like you like you done poor shine
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
    C                           G                   
You done worked that bully 'til he'd been stone blind
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,

G        D                 C        G
Eye's of dead men, help me drive my row 
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
C                        G        
Rise up dead men help me drive my row
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,

G                   D                    C           G 
There's some on the building and there's some on the farm
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
            C                                 G     
And there's some in the graveyard and there's some going home 
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,

           G             D           C    G  
Cause there ain't no more cane on the brazos
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
       C                   G
They've done ground it all to molasses
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,
          G             D           C    G
And there ain't no more cane on the brazos
G   A   D
Oh, oh, oh,
        C                     G
They've done ground it all to molasses
C   D   G
Oh, oh, oh,