{title: Can You Canoe?}
{artist: The Okee Dokee Brothers}
{album: Can You Canoe? (2012)}
{key: E}
{tempo: 167}
{difficulty: beginner}
{tags: okee-dokee, hike, paddle, kid-friendly}
{video: youtube:gGOuQFZESx8}
{credit: The Okee Dokee Brothers - 'Can You Canoe?' (audio, from the Mississippi River Adventure album, 2012). (c) Okee Dokee Music. YouTube Music auto-generated Topic channel — audio + album cover art (the official music video had embedding disabled).}

{c: NOTE: Lyrics are copyrighted. The Okee Dokee Brothers publish the official chord chart at okeedokee.org/music — download it and paste the full lyrics into this section.}
{c: This file shows the chord PROGRESSION and STRUCTURE only, so you can transpose it for your voice.}

{c: Verse 1 — three chord progression}
[E]________ ________ ________ ________
[A]________ [E]________
[B]________ [E]________

{c: Chorus}
[A]Can you canoe [E]on a little boat built for two?
[A]Can you canoe? [E]I'll be your captain and your [B]crew.
[A]Can you canoe? [E]If there's nothing better to do,
I wanna float [B]down a river [E]with you.

{c: Verse 2 — same shape as Verse 1}
[E]________ ________
[A]________ [E]________
[B]________ [E]________

{c: Chorus repeats}

{c: Verse 3 — same shape}
[E]________ ________
[A]________ [E]________
[B]________ [E]________

{c: Final chorus, repeat last line for the campfire crowd}

{c: PRACTICE NOTES}
{c: Strum: down, down-up, up-down-up. Or just keep it simple — quarter notes on the beat.}
{c: For mandolin chop: closed-shape E at fret 2, slide to A and B as needed.}
{c: This is in E so capo 0 if your voice handles it; capo 4 with C-G-D shapes if you find E too high.}