North country boy ( Tom Duffy )  from: Roll On, Ruby
-----------------

1.)
I'm just an ordinary north-country-man,
 A           G         D           A
I had a dream that bid me come here,
 A        G                 D
although naive I thought that I'd make my way
 A        G                    D          A
but fair-weather friends is all that I had.
 A                G 		     D


2.)
They took from me all that I had to give,
 A     G		   D	     A 
replenished me with their reason,
 A	     G		    D
don't you talk to me about your sacrifice
 A	    G		    D	      A
then ask of me if I'm leaving.
 A	    G		D


Chorus:
I'm going down to the water today,
 A   	   D		G     A
I got to wash away my sorrow
 A	   D		G
I'm going down to the water today,
 A   	   D		G     A
I gotta get me clean, by tomorrow.
 A		D	    G	    E


3.)
I'm just an ordinary north-country-man
 A	      G		D	    A
my dream has edges that are fading,
 A	      G		     D
this year that's passed it's not such a waste,
 A		   G	      D		  A
it's just a hard way to be learning.
 A	     G		     D


4.)
We've got no choice in the life that we're born to,
 A	G		    D		    A
our only choosing is in its living,
 A	     G		      D
now people in their own time will show just that they are,
 A		G		    D		       A
I hope this time I know who I am.
 A	      G		     D


Chorus:
I'm going down to the water today,
 A   	   D		G     A
I got to wash away my sorrow
 A	   D		G
I'm going down to the water today,
 A   	   D		G     A
I gotta get me clean, by tomorrow.
 A		D	    G	    E

I've gotta get me clean,
 A                  D  A, G, A
I've gotta get me clean,
 A		    D  A, G, A
I've gotta get me clean.
 A		    D  A, Bm, F#m, Em, A, D