C
F
C
Down by the river that flows by the coal yards
F
G7
Stand wooden houses with shutters torn down
C
F
C
There lives a girl everybody calls Patches
G7
C
Patches my darling of old Shantytown
F
C
We planned to marry when June brought the summer
F
G7
I couldn’t wait to make Patches my bride
C
F
C
Now I don’t see how that ever can happen
G7
C
My folks say no and my heart breaks inside
G7
F
C
Patches oh what can I do I swear I’ll always love you
F
C
But a girl from that place would just bring me disgrace
G7
C
So my folks won’t let me love you
F
C
Each night I cry as I think of that shanty
F
G7
And pretty Patches there watching the door
C
F
C
She doesn’t know that I can’t come to see her
G7
C
Patches must think that I love her no more
F
C
I hear a neighbor telling my father
F
G7
He says a girl name of Patches was found
C
F
C
Floating face down in that dirty old river
G7
C
That flows by the coal yards in old Shantytown
G7
F
C
Patches oh what can I do I swear I’ll always love you
F
C
It may not be right but I’ll join you tonight
G7
C
Patches I’m coming to you
F
G7
C
