C C G C [Chorus 1] C G Railroad steamboat river and canal C Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone G C And I'll bid her my last farewell [Verse 1] C I fell in love with a pretty little thing G C I thought them wedding bells would ring She was as sweet as sweet could be G C 'Till I found out what she did to me [Chorus 2] C G Railroad steamboat river and canal C Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone G C And I'll bid her my last farewell [Verse 2] C I asked her mother to let her go G C She whispered mother please tell him no Though he may think that I am true G C There's plenty more who think so too [Chorus 3] C G Railroad steamboat river and canal C Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone G C And I'll bid her my last farewell [Bridge] A D [Verse 2] D I won't cry my life away A7 D Some other sucker will have to pay And when he finds that she is gone A7 D I guess I'll hear him sing this song [Chorus 4] D A7 Railroad steamboat river and canal D Yonder comes a sucker and he's got my gal And she's gone gone gone gone and she's gone gone gone A7 D And I'll bid her my last farewell A7 D And I'll bid her my last farewell