Green River Chords by C.W. Mccall

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Way out in the [Fm] canyons of the West [Bbm] there's a wild river
[Eb] _ The Spanish named it [F]
San [Dm] Buena Ventura
_ _ But we knew it as the green
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_ _ _ _ It was daylight on the river, [F] but we couldn't see the Sun [Eb] and we couldn't hear our voices [D] through the roar
_ [Gm] But we felt the boiling current [F] and our blood was running [Eb] cold as we headed down the canyon [D] of Lador
_ [Eb] And the gods were running with us [F] on the day.
We ran the [Gm] rapids of the green
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] Guide a thousand [Gm] times and that 40 miles of head [F] on the longest day of life [Gm] you've ever seen
[Cm] You live to tell a story [G] and you know the story well [D] the day we ran the rapids of the green
_ [G] We were 32 in number [F] when we gathered on the shore [Eb] and we headed off into the [D] great unknown
_ [Gm] But we summoned up our courage [F] and we formed a mighty [Eb] team and we ran that raging [D] river all alone
[Eb] Yeah, the gods are running with us [F] on the day.
We ran the rapids of [G] the green
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_ _ _ [Gm] Then we heard a thousand echoes [F] on the mighty canyon walls [Eb] as we shouted from the waters [D] far below
[G] Then we saw the ancient warnings and [F] we heard the ghostly cries [Eb] of the men who ran the river [D] long ago
[Eb] And we prayed that they were with us on [F] the day.
We ran the rapids [Gm] of the green _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ Now [D] the memories are [F] whirling in the eddies of our [Eb] minds
But the waters of the green [D] are flowing clear
[Gm] And the canyon of Lador will [F] be a long remembered tale [Eb] to be told around the [D] campfires through the years
[Eb] Yeah, the gods were running [F] with us on the day we ran [Gm] the rapids of the green
_ _ _ [Cm] Or we died a thousand [Gm] times in that 40 miles of [F] hell on the longest day of life [Gm] you've ever seen
[Gm] But we live to tell a story and we know the story [D] well the day we ran the [Eb] rapids of the green
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