Chords for Down to the River
Tempo:
73.5 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Eb
F
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I went [Dbm] down to the river, flowing out onto the sea.
spirit swallow me.
current get [F] my bones.
trying [Bb] to find my way home.
[C] Twenty some years of living, [Eb] and a thousand [F] wasted days.
times I've gone wrong [Cm] ways.
to cleanse my soul.
why do [Bb] I feel so [Cm] old?
spirit swallow me.
current get [F] my bones.
trying [Bb] to find my way home.
[C] Twenty some years of living, [Eb] and a thousand [F] wasted days.
times I've gone wrong [Cm] ways.
to cleanse my soul.
why do [Bb] I feel so [Cm] old?
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Cm
Eb
F
Bb
G
Cm
Eb
F
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_ _ I went [Dbm] down to the river, flowing out onto the sea.
On my way to the ocean, let the spirit swallow me.
[Cm] I got low [Bb] down in the water, [Eb] I let the current get [F] my bones.
[D] I got nine [Bb] kinds of trouble, [F] I'm just trying [Bb] to find my way home.
[C] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] Twenty some years of living, [Eb] and a thousand [F] wasted days.
[Cm] I have loved a [Bb] lot of women, [F] many times I've gone wrong [Cm] ways.
Then I came down [Bb] to the water, [Eb] oh a dip to cleanse my soul.
They [Cm] keep telling me [Bb] that I'm just a babe, [F] but baby why do [Bb] I feel so [Cm] old?
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Cm] This is the verge [F] of a breakthrough, it's [Eb] a fine line that cannot [G] be bent.
And [Cm] I felt like a river [F] run dry, but I don't [Eb] know where all of the rain [G] water went.
And [Cm] I believe we were all [F] dead or dying, but [Eb] I see different in the [G] blue light.
There [Cm] is no such thing as [F] a dawn or a dusk, [Eb] it's daylight until it [G] is night.
You gotta fight through [F] the demon, you [Eb] gotta run into [G] the west.
You gotta rage against [F] the dying of the light, [Eb] live for the moment [G] that's left.
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
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[G] Cause there is [Ab] no such thing as a dying man, we're [Cm] alive till the moment we're dead.
And a [Ab] drowning man is just a living man, who [G] hasn't run out of his last bit of [Gm] breath.
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_ [F] _ [Cm] I went down [Bb] to the river, [Eb] flowing out [F] into the [Cm] sea.
On my way to the ocean, [F] let the spirit swallow me.
I [Cm] got low down [Bb] in the water, [Eb] I let the current [F] guide my boat.
[Cm] I got nine kinds of trouble, [F] I'm just trying [Bb] to find [Cm] my way home.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] Find [Cm] my way home.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ Find [Cm] my way [Bb] home. _ _
_ Find [Cm] my way [F] home.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ I went [Dbm] down to the river, flowing out onto the sea.
On my way to the ocean, let the spirit swallow me.
[Cm] I got low [Bb] down in the water, [Eb] I let the current get [F] my bones.
[D] I got nine [Bb] kinds of trouble, [F] I'm just trying [Bb] to find my way home.
[C] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [C] Twenty some years of living, [Eb] and a thousand [F] wasted days.
[Cm] I have loved a [Bb] lot of women, [F] many times I've gone wrong [Cm] ways.
Then I came down [Bb] to the water, [Eb] oh a dip to cleanse my soul.
They [Cm] keep telling me [Bb] that I'm just a babe, [F] but baby why do [Bb] I feel so [Cm] old?
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Cm] This is the verge [F] of a breakthrough, it's [Eb] a fine line that cannot [G] be bent.
And [Cm] I felt like a river [F] run dry, but I don't [Eb] know where all of the rain [G] water went.
And [Cm] I believe we were all [F] dead or dying, but [Eb] I see different in the [G] blue light.
There [Cm] is no such thing as [F] a dawn or a dusk, [Eb] it's daylight until it [G] is night.
You gotta fight through [F] the demon, you [Eb] gotta run into [G] the west.
You gotta rage against [F] the dying of the light, [Eb] live for the moment [G] that's left.
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] Cause there is [Ab] no such thing as a dying man, we're [Cm] alive till the moment we're dead.
And a [Ab] drowning man is just a living man, who [G] hasn't run out of his last bit of [Gm] breath.
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_ [F] _ [Cm] I went down [Bb] to the river, [Eb] flowing out [F] into the [Cm] sea.
On my way to the ocean, [F] let the spirit swallow me.
I [Cm] got low down [Bb] in the water, [Eb] I let the current [F] guide my boat.
[Cm] I got nine kinds of trouble, [F] I'm just trying [Bb] to find [Cm] my way home.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] Find [Cm] my way home.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ Find [Cm] my way [Bb] home. _ _
_ Find [Cm] my way [F] home.
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