Chords for Darrell Scott "River Take Me"

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_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [Fm] It's been [C] rainy and [G] windy for [Am] seven days straight.
[Am] _ [F] I've been [C] going to bed [G] early and getting up [Am] late.
_ _ [C] I look out my window [G] and there's one [Am] shade of gray.
_ All [Fm] my wife and [C] my kids, they [G] don't have much [Am] to say.
[Fm] A man [C] out of work [G] only gets [A] in the way.
_ _ [F] Well, the [C] river, she's [G] rising now, [Am] one inch an hour.
_ [Fm] And [Cm] tonight we'll be [G] lucky if we [Am] still have power.
_ [F] Yeah, but I got a [C] flashlight, an [G] oil lamp, and [Am] I'm ready to go.
_ [F] And a [C] fresh set of [Gm] batteries for my [Am] son's radio.
If the [C] dam really [G] breaks, at least we'll know [Am] where to go.
[Em] _ _
[Am] So, river Tangby, river Tangby, [Fm] river Tangby,
be far [Am] from troubled times.
[Em] River [Am] Tangby, river Tangby, river [Fm] Tangby,
far from troubled [C] times.
[G] Whoa, _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [G] _ [C] whoa, [Em] oh, [F] oh.
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[Fm] Well, if I [Cm] had a boat, you know what I'd [Am] do?
_ [G] I'd float me and my family down [A] to Baton Rouge.
_ [F] I wouldn't work in [Cm] no factory.
[Am] I'd live off the land.
_ [G] Yeah, [C] and live within means of [G] my own two [Am] hands.
[F] Dance [C] Saturday night [G] to a [A] Zydeco band.
Yes, I [C] would.
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[Em] _ _ [F] Oh, [C] the river flows, and [D] a young man [A] dreams.
_ [C] And the river can drown you, or it can wash you [A] clean. _
_ [F] It can take [G] you away to some other [A] place. _ _
[F] It can power your [C] cities and carry your [Am] waste
and [C] give all your drink a [G] peculiar [Am] taste.
Oh, [F] don't look to me.
[G] I've done [Am] my time.
It's just that I've had too [C] many dreams.
[Gm] Oh, this one [Am] heart of mine.
And [G] I stood on [G] the bridge with the river [Am] below, _
[G] feeling all [C] the [G] sadness that a proud [F] man could hold.
Oh, the river [G] is full, but there's one [Am] way to go.
[G] One [Am] way.
River [Em] Tangby, [G#] river [Am] Tangby, [Fm] river [D] Tangby,
far [Am] from [E] troubled times.
[A] River Tangby, river Tangby, [G] river [F] Tangby,
[Dm] far [A] from troubled times.
River Tangby, river [G] Tangby, river [F] Tangby,
far from troubled _ [C] times. _
[G] Whoa, _ [C] whoa, [G] _ [C] _ [E]
oh.
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_ _ [E] _ Ooh, _ _ _ _ _ _ ooh. _ _ _
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