Skookumchuck

Verse 1

Down where the black rain hits the valley floor

Past the rusty tracks and the timber corps

There's a little town tucked in the trees

Short electric guitar fill — 1–2 beats

Where the river runs wild ... and the people live free

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Get your boots on the riverbank

Feel that river fall and rise!

***Chorus

~Old Skookumchuck!

(Mighty, mighty Skookumchuck!)

Might as well try your luck!

(Oh, on the Skookumchuck!)

Verse 2

Old Charlie's tavern sits above the bend

Where the loggers drink and the river winds

He swears a shadow walks there after dark

... NINE FEET TALL! Where the rapids start

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NOBODY ... walks that timberline

When the moon hangs low

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~Old Skookumchuck!

(Mighty, mighty Skookumchuck!)

Might as well try your luck!

(Oh, on the Skookumchuck!)

Verse 3

From the Cascade ridges to the prairie wide

The autumn waters come rushing by

When the dams hold tight and the wild winds blow

The river ... rolls like ~thunder below

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Get your boots on the riverbank

Here comes the flood tonight

***Chorus

~Old Skookumchuck!

(Mighty, mighty Skookumchuck!)

Might as well try your luck!

(Oh, on the Skookumchuck!)

Verse 4

Take me down where the strong river flows

Where the cold black water never slows

Let the current pull and the wild wind blow

Where it takes me ... nobody ~knows

***Pre-Chorus

Get your boots on the riverbank

Let that river roll

***Chorus

~Old Skookumchuck!

(Mighty, mighty Skookumchuck!)

Might as well try your luck!

(Oh, on the Skookumchuck!)

***Pre-Chorus

Get your boots on the riverbank

Here comes the flood tonight

***Chorus

~Old Skookumchuck!

(Mighty, mighty Skookumchuck!)

Might as well try your luck!

(Oh, on the Skookumchuck!)

Outro

Get your boots on the riverbank

Let that river ~roll