Chords for Albert Hammond - Down By The River (Songbook Tour, Live in Berlin 2015)
Tempo:
97.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [D] [G]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
City life [C] was getting us down, so we spent a [G] weekend out of [Em] town.
Pitched the tent [Am] on a patch of [D] ground, down [G] by the river.
Lit a [C] fire and drank some [D] wine, and you put your [G] jeans on top of [Em] mine.
Said come in, [Am] the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] I said come [Am] in, the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Didn't [C] feel too good all [D] night, so we took a [G] walk in the morning [Em] light.
Came [Am] across the stranger's [D] side, down [G] by the river.
A silver [C] fence lay on its [D] side, it was swashed up [G] by the early [Em] tide.
I [Am] wonder how it [D] died, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] A silver [Am] fence lay on its [D] side, down [G] by the river.
The doctor [C] put his boat to [D] bed, he closed his [G] up and shook his [Em] head.
Only foolish [Am] people go, he [D] says, down [G] by the river.
And why do [C] willows weep, said [D] he, because they [G] die and die,
you [Em] leap from the waste [Am] from the factory, [D] down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] Why do [Am] willows weep, said [D] he, down [G] by the river.
[A] And in time the [D] river banks will [E] die, the reef will wilt [A] and the ducks won't [F#m] fly.
There'll be a [B] tear in the otter's [E] eye, down [A] by the river.
The banks will soon [D] be black and dead, [E] and where the [A] otter raised its head,
[F#m] will be a clean [Bm] white southern estate, [E] down by [A] the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by the [A] river.
[F#m] The banks will soon be [Bm] black and dead, [E] down by the [A] river.
Down by the [D] river, [E] down by the [A] river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and dead, [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [Bm] [E]
[A] down [D] by the river.
[E] Down [A] by the river, [F#m] down by the river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and [E] dead, down [A] by the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by [A] the river.
[F#m] The banks will soon [B] be black and dead, [E] down [B] by the river.
[A] The [A] banks.
[N]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
City life [C] was getting us down, so we spent a [G] weekend out of [Em] town.
Pitched the tent [Am] on a patch of [D] ground, down [G] by the river.
Lit a [C] fire and drank some [D] wine, and you put your [G] jeans on top of [Em] mine.
Said come in, [Am] the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] I said come [Am] in, the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Didn't [C] feel too good all [D] night, so we took a [G] walk in the morning [Em] light.
Came [Am] across the stranger's [D] side, down [G] by the river.
A silver [C] fence lay on its [D] side, it was swashed up [G] by the early [Em] tide.
I [Am] wonder how it [D] died, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] A silver [Am] fence lay on its [D] side, down [G] by the river.
The doctor [C] put his boat to [D] bed, he closed his [G] up and shook his [Em] head.
Only foolish [Am] people go, he [D] says, down [G] by the river.
And why do [C] willows weep, said [D] he, because they [G] die and die,
you [Em] leap from the waste [Am] from the factory, [D] down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] Why do [Am] willows weep, said [D] he, down [G] by the river.
[A] And in time the [D] river banks will [E] die, the reef will wilt [A] and the ducks won't [F#m] fly.
There'll be a [B] tear in the otter's [E] eye, down [A] by the river.
The banks will soon [D] be black and dead, [E] and where the [A] otter raised its head,
[F#m] will be a clean [Bm] white southern estate, [E] down by [A] the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by the [A] river.
[F#m] The banks will soon be [Bm] black and dead, [E] down by the [A] river.
Down by the [D] river, [E] down by the [A] river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and dead, [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [F#m] [Bm] [E]
[A] down [D] by the river.
[E] Down [A] by the river, [F#m] down by the river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and [E] dead, down [A] by the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by [A] the river.
[F#m] The banks will soon [B] be black and dead, [E] down [B] by the river.
[A] The [A] banks.
[N]
Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
City life [C] was getting us down, so we spent a [G] weekend out of [Em] town.
Pitched the tent [Am] on a patch of [D] ground, down [G] by the river.
Lit a [C] fire and drank some [D] wine, and you put your [G] jeans on top of [Em] mine.
Said come in, [Am] the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] I said come [Am] in, the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
_ _ _ _ Didn't [C] feel too good all [D] night, so we took a [G] walk in the morning [Em] light.
Came [Am] across the stranger's [D] side, down [G] by the river.
A silver [C] fence lay on its [D] side, it was swashed up [G] by the early [Em] tide.
I [Am] wonder how it [D] died, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] A silver [Am] fence lay on its [D] side, down [G] by the river. _ _ _
The doctor [C] put his boat to [D] bed, he closed his [G] up and shook his [Em] head.
Only foolish [Am] people go, he [D] says, down [G] by the river.
And why do [C] willows weep, said [D] he, because they [G] die and die,
you [Em] leap from the waste [Am] from the factory, [D] down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] Why do [Am] willows weep, said [D] he, down [G] by the river.
[A] _ _ _ And in time the [D] river banks will [E] die, the reef will wilt [A] and the ducks won't [F#m] fly.
There'll be a [B] tear in the otter's [E] eye, down [A] by the river.
The banks will soon [D] be black and dead, [E] and where the [A] otter raised its head,
[F#m] will be a clean [Bm] white southern estate, [E] down by [A] the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by the [A] river.
[F#m] The banks will soon be [Bm] black and dead, [E] down by the [A] river.
Down by the [D] river, [E] down by the [A] river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and dead, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ down [D] by the river.
[E] Down [A] by the river, [F#m] down by the river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and [E] dead, down [A] by the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by [A] the river.
[F#m] The banks will soon [B] be black and dead, [E] _ _ down [B] by the river.
[A] _ _ The [A] banks. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
City life [C] was getting us down, so we spent a [G] weekend out of [Em] town.
Pitched the tent [Am] on a patch of [D] ground, down [G] by the river.
Lit a [C] fire and drank some [D] wine, and you put your [G] jeans on top of [Em] mine.
Said come in, [Am] the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] I said come [Am] in, the water's [D] fine, down [G] by the river.
_ _ _ _ Didn't [C] feel too good all [D] night, so we took a [G] walk in the morning [Em] light.
Came [Am] across the stranger's [D] side, down [G] by the river.
A silver [C] fence lay on its [D] side, it was swashed up [G] by the early [Em] tide.
I [Am] wonder how it [D] died, down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] A silver [Am] fence lay on its [D] side, down [G] by the river. _ _ _
The doctor [C] put his boat to [D] bed, he closed his [G] up and shook his [Em] head.
Only foolish [Am] people go, he [D] says, down [G] by the river.
And why do [C] willows weep, said [D] he, because they [G] die and die,
you [Em] leap from the waste [Am] from the factory, [D] down [G] by the river.
Down [C] by the river, [D] down [G] by the river.
[Em] Why do [Am] willows weep, said [D] he, down [G] by the river.
[A] _ _ _ And in time the [D] river banks will [E] die, the reef will wilt [A] and the ducks won't [F#m] fly.
There'll be a [B] tear in the otter's [E] eye, down [A] by the river.
The banks will soon [D] be black and dead, [E] and where the [A] otter raised its head,
[F#m] will be a clean [Bm] white southern estate, [E] down by [A] the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by the [A] river.
[F#m] The banks will soon be [Bm] black and dead, [E] down by the [A] river.
Down by the [D] river, [E] down by the [A] river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and dead, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ down [D] by the river.
[E] Down [A] by the river, [F#m] down by the river.
The banks will [Bm] soon be black and [E] dead, down [A] by the river.
Down by [D] the river, [E] down by [A] the river.
[F#m] The banks will soon [B] be black and dead, [E] _ _ down [B] by the river.
[A] _ _ The [A] banks. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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