5 Chords used in the song: C, G, C7, F, D7/F#
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[Verse 1]F#
C#
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
F#
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
F#7
B
G#7/F#
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
C#
F#
It's Roll on, Columbia, roll On!
[Chorus]F#
C#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
F#7
B
G#7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
C#
F#
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 2]F#
C#
Other great rivers add power to you,C#
F#
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,F#7
B
G#7/F#
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;C#
F#
Roll on Columbia, roll on!
F#
C#
It's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,C#
F#
Sheridan's boys in the block house at night,
F#7
B
G#7/F#
They saw us in death, but never in flight;C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
[Chorus]F#
C#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
F#7
B
G#7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
C#
F#
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 3]F#
C#
Our loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,C#
F#
By fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,
F#7
B
G#7/F#
We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, Roll On!
F#
C#
Remember the trial when the battle was won,C#
F#
The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,F#7
B
G#7/F#
We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
F#
C#
Year after year we had tedious trials,C#
F#
Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.F#7
B
G#7/F#
The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
[Chorus]F#
C#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.F#7
B
G#7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
C#
F#
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 4]F#
C#
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,C#
F#
The waters have risen and drownded the rocks,F#7
B
G#7/F#
Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks,C#
F#
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!
F#
C#
On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,C#
F#
Mightiest thing ever built by a man,F#7
B
G#7/F#
We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,
C#
F#
It's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.
[Chorus]F#
C#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.C#
F#
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.F#7
B
G#7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
C#
F#
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
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