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Erie Canal

Bruce Springsteen

RockAdvanced for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

FmDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
G
G#Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
D××
A×
E
BbmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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hide this tab Fm Eb/G G# Fm  
 
e|---x--x--x---x-----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---9--8--13--x-----------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--10--8--13--8-----------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--10--8--13--10----------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--8--10--11--8-----------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--x---x--x---x-----------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Violin: 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----------10--8/10--8/10--8/10--10-8---8----10--8-10-------------------| 
A|---8-10-11---------------------------11---8------------11--8------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 
Verse 
 
Fm Eb/G G# Fm Fm Eb/G Fm 
 
Pre-Chorus 
 
G# Eb Bbm Fm Fm Eb/G G# Fm Fm Eb/G Fm 
 
Chorus 
G# Eb G# Eb Fm Fm Eb/G G# Fm Eb/G Fm  
 
Fm         Eb/G         G#       Fm 
I've got a mule and her name is Sal, 
Fm               Eb/G     Fm  
15 miles on the Erie Canal 
       Fm       Eb/G     G#         Fm  
She's a good old worker and a good old pal, 
Fm              Eb/G      Fm 
15 miles on the Erie Canal 
 
 
      G#                         Eb 
We've hauled some barges in our day 
Bbm                           Fm 
filled with lumber, coal and hay 
    Fm       Eb/G    G#          Fm     Eb/G         Fm  
And we know every inch of the way from Albany to Buffalo. 
 
 
G#                    Eb 
Low bridge, everybody down 
G#                  Eb           Fm 
Low bridge, we're coming to a town 
           Fm                Eb/G            G#                Fm  
You'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal 
          Fm                    Eb/G    Fm  
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal. 
 
G#                   Eb 
Low bridge, everybody down 
G#                 Eb          Fm 
Low bridge for we're coming to a town 
                         Eb/G          G#                Fm  
You'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal 
          Eb/G                        Fm  
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.  
          
 

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Chord set

Fm · Eb · G · G# · B · D · A · E · Bbm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.