Down To The River Chords by Brown Bird

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[Fm] _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Lord, I can't feel a baby when I'm sick in bed
I got a world full of worry running wild in my head
I [Fm] spend all my money [Cm] just to make ends meet
Begging Lord, won't you send me to leave
[Gm] There ain't nobody in this [G] world that better [Cm] die than anybody like me _
_ [G] _ _ So I went [Cm] down to the river and suffered what it seems
Lord, I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
So many [Fm] lives have been broken, [C] there's too much blood [Cm] on my hands _ _ _
There [Gm] ain't no water [G] in this world that'll [F] turn [Cm] me back into an innocent man _
_ _ [G] _ _ So [Cm] I made up my mind to find a palace of fire
I should leave the Lord's [C] fallen name, He'll understand my desire
He's been [Fm] defiled and defeated, still He never gives in
I know [Cm] He'll help me on my feet once _ again
[Gm] Can't no soul in this whole world but [Cm] Satan understand the state that I'm in
_ [G] _ _ So [Cm] I went down to the fire and suffered what it seems
Lord, I tried but the devil wouldn't let me come in
And [Fm] all the trusts have been broken, they don't know [G] which side [Cm] I stand _ _ _ _
[G] There ain't no room among the damned [Cm] for such a broken and offended man
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_ And then my [Cm] good woman rises from her sickness in bed
Puts her hand on my thighs and gives a kiss on my head
[F] Says if the water [C] won't have you, [Fm] if the devil's too [Cm] blind
I know that truly you were meant to be mine _ _ _
And then [G] she takes me by the hand and shows [Cm] me how to leave my worries behind
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_ _ I've been [Cm] down through the river and suffered what it seems
Lord, I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
Too [Fm] many lives have been broken, there's too much [Cm] blood on my hands
_ _ _ [G] Only one soul in this whole world would [Cm] have me just the goddam way that I am _ _ _
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