J.J. Cale - stone river Chords
Tempo:
112 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#m
A
F#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m]
[F#m]
[B] [B]
[F#m]
[A]
[B] [Em]
[F#m] [B] [A] [B]
[F#m] [B]
[F#] Snow River, water ain't running.
[B] [F#m] Snow River, water ain't running.
[F#m]
[A] Any [B] gun turning [A] off and looking [B] around.
[A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#] Snow [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
These ancient river ain't no fish around the [B] grass.
[F#m]
These ancient river ain't nobody to care.
[F#]
[A] They bottle [B] up the valley, [A]
choke it [B] up and jam it.
[A] Kill the [B] lives around it [A] and slowly [B] love the [F#m] many.
Snow [B] River, [F#]
[Bm] [F#m]
what used to be a river, now a river is silent.
Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that doesn't [B] seem [F#] right.
[A] There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [A] no animals [B] to share.
[A] What [B] used to be a stream, [A] is now a [B] dream.
[F#m] Snow River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] away.
[B] [F#m]
Snow [B] River, [F#m]
water [B] ain't running.
[F#m]
[A] Many [B] done cutting [A] off and moving [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Snow [Bm] River, [F#m]
[Bm] water ain't running.
[F#m]
They bottle up [B] the valley, [A] choke [B] it up and jam [A] it.
Kill the lives [B] around [A] it and slowly [B] love the many.
[F#m] [B] Snow River, [F#m] water ain't running.
There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [F#m]
no [B] animals to share.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A]
is now [B] just a [F#] dream.
Snow [G#] River, water ain't [F#m] running away.
[B] [F#m]
[B] [F#] Snow River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running away.
[F#] Snow River, water ain't running no more.
[F#m] [B] [F#]
[F#m]
[B] [B]
[F#m]
[A]
[B] [Em]
[F#m] [B] [A] [B]
[F#m] [B]
[F#] Snow River, water ain't running.
[B] [F#m] Snow River, water ain't running.
[F#m]
[A] Any [B] gun turning [A] off and looking [B] around.
[A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#] Snow [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
These ancient river ain't no fish around the [B] grass.
[F#m]
These ancient river ain't nobody to care.
[F#]
[A] They bottle [B] up the valley, [A]
choke it [B] up and jam it.
[A] Kill the [B] lives around it [A] and slowly [B] love the [F#m] many.
Snow [B] River, [F#]
[Bm] [F#m]
what used to be a river, now a river is silent.
Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that doesn't [B] seem [F#] right.
[A] There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [A] no animals [B] to share.
[A] What [B] used to be a stream, [A] is now a [B] dream.
[F#m] Snow River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] away.
[B] [F#m]
Snow [B] River, [F#m]
water [B] ain't running.
[F#m]
[A] Many [B] done cutting [A] off and moving [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Snow [Bm] River, [F#m]
[Bm] water ain't running.
[F#m]
They bottle up [B] the valley, [A] choke [B] it up and jam [A] it.
Kill the lives [B] around [A] it and slowly [B] love the many.
[F#m] [B] Snow River, [F#m] water ain't running.
There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [F#m]
no [B] animals to share.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A]
is now [B] just a [F#] dream.
Snow [G#] River, water ain't [F#m] running away.
[B] [F#m]
[B] [F#] Snow River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running away.
[F#] Snow River, water ain't running no more.
[F#m] [B] [F#]
Key:
B
F#m
A
F#
Bm
B
F#m
A
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ Snow River, water ain't running.
_ [B] _ [F#m] Snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ River, water ain't running.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Any [B] gun turning [A] off and looking [B] around.
_ [A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#] Snow [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ These ancient river ain't no fish around the [B] grass.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ _ These ancient river ain't nobody to care.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] They bottle [B] up the valley, [A]
choke it [B] up and jam it.
[A] Kill the [B] lives around it [A] and slowly [B] love the [F#m] many.
Snow [B] River, [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ what used to be a river, now a river is silent. _ _ _
_ _ _ Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that doesn't [B] seem [F#] right. _
_ _ [A] There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [A] no animals [B] to share.
[A] What [B] used to be a stream, [A] is now a [B] dream.
_ [F#m] Snow River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] away.
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ Snow [B] River, [F#m]
water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Many [B] done cutting [A] off and moving [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Snow [Bm] River, [F#m] _
[Bm] water ain't running.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They bottle up [B] the valley, [A] choke [B] it up and jam [A] it.
Kill the lives [B] around [A] it and slowly [B] love the many.
[F#m] _ [B] Snow River, [F#m] water ain't running. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [F#m]
no [B] animals to share.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A]
is now [B] just a [F#] dream.
Snow [G#] River, _ water ain't [F#m] running away.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] _ Snow River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running away. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ Snow _ River, water ain't running no more.
_ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [B] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ Snow River, water ain't running.
_ [B] _ [F#m] Snow _ _ _ _ _ _ _ River, water ain't running.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Any [B] gun turning [A] off and looking [B] around.
_ [A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#] Snow [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ These ancient river ain't no fish around the [B] grass.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ _ These ancient river ain't nobody to care.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] They bottle [B] up the valley, [A]
choke it [B] up and jam it.
[A] Kill the [B] lives around it [A] and slowly [B] love the [F#m] many.
Snow [B] River, [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ what used to be a river, now a river is silent. _ _ _
_ _ _ Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that doesn't [B] seem [F#] right. _
_ _ [A] There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [A] no animals [B] to share.
[A] What [B] used to be a stream, [A] is now a [B] dream.
_ [F#m] Snow River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] away.
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ Snow [B] River, [F#m]
water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] Many [B] done cutting [A] off and moving [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] but water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Snow [Bm] River, [F#m] _
[Bm] water ain't running.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They bottle up [B] the valley, [A] choke [B] it up and jam [A] it.
Kill the lives [B] around [A] it and slowly [B] love the many.
[F#m] _ [B] Snow River, [F#m] water ain't running. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There ain't no [B] trees to grow, [F#m]
no [B] animals to share.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A]
is now [B] just a [F#] dream.
Snow [G#] River, _ water ain't [F#m] running away.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] _ Snow River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running away. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ Snow _ River, water ain't running no more.
_ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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