Old Time River Man 
(John Hartford) (Down on the River Album)
And (Banjo According to John Hartford, Lesson 1)
Tab by: bluerabbit10

I think the cd is in key of E (my soundbyte is in D, banjo tuned E Capo 4)

([D])Where does an ([G]) old time ([D]) river man ([A]) go 
After he's passed  ([D]) away? 
Does his soul ([G]) still keep a ([D]) watch on the ([A]) deep 
For the rest of the river ([D]) days? 
Does he then ([G]) come ([D]) back as a channel ([A]) cat 
Or the wasps that light on the ([D]) wheel? 
Or the birds that ([G]) fly through ([D])  a summer ([A]) sky 
Or the fish swimming under the ([D]) keel? 


Where does an  ([G]) old ([D]) time pilot ([A]) go 
After he's stood his last ([D]) watch? 
Does he fall by the ([G]) ear of the ([D]) man who ([A]) steers 
Saying hold her on that ([D]) notch 
There's a gentle ([G]) sneeze in the ([D]) river ([A]) breeze 
Saying son I'm goin to ([D]) bed. 
And they light their ([G]) pipes and ([D])go off in the([A]) night 
Or was that fireflies ([D]) instead? 

Where does an  ([G]) old time ([D]) engineer ([A]) go after he's cooled her ([D]) down? 
Gone up the ([G]) hill to never ([D]) come ([A])  back, on the quiet side of ([D]) town. 
Does his [G]) soul live ([D]) on in the engine ([A]) songs 
While the striker checks the ([D]) gears?
Is he still ([G]) afloat on an ([D]) old steam ([A]) boat after he's gone from ([D]) here? 

****Where's an ([G]) poor old love ([D]) song go ([A]) after its off the ([D]) charts?
Does it ([G]) hang around ([D]) like a distant ([A]) sound or last years broken ([D]) hearts
Does it ([G]) then come ([D]) back on a brand new ([A]) track sure to bend your ([D]) head
It might be ([G]) old, but just turned ([D]) gold, by the ([A]) talking heads ([D]) instead.


***Last verse taken from video on U tube..v.g. 11-3-06..