8-Bar Intro

Verse

HALF PAST FOUR, DAN MC GRAW, CAME SNEAK-ING TO HIS WIF-EY'S DOOR
SHE'D BEEN WAIT-ING UP ALL NIGHT,
WAIT-ING FOR HIM TO GO TO BED
DAN-NY SMILED, LIKE A CHILD, BUT HIS WIF-EY GREW VER-Y WILD
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL NIGHT LONG?," SHE CRIED
AND THIS IS WHAT DAN-NY RE-PLIED:

Chorus

I'VE BEEN FLOAT-ING DOWN THE OLD GREEN RIV-ER
ON THE GOOD SHIP ROCK AND RYE.
BUT I FLOAT-ED TOO FAR, I GOT STUCK ON A BAR,
I WAS OUT THERE A-LONE, WISH-ING THAT I WAS HOME.
THE SHIP GOT WRECKED WITH THE CAP-TAIN AND CREW,
AND THERE WAS ON-LY ONE THING LEFT TO DO,
SO I HAD TO DRINK THE WHOLE GREEN RIV-ER DRY
TO GET BACK HOME TO YOU.