J.J. Cale - Stone River Chords

Tempo:
111.55 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#m

A

F#

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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J.J. Cale - Stone River chords
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[F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[B] [F#m] [A]
[B] [Em]
[F#m] [B] [A] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#m] [B]
[F#] Stone River, water ain't running.
[B] [F#m]
Stone River, water ain't running.
[F#m] The
[A] penny [B] bunk and the [A] coffee hook is [B] out of round.
[A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] no water [B] can be found.
[F#] Stone [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
Fish ain't swimmin', ain't no fish around the [B] bend.
[F#m]
Fish ain't swimmin', ain't nobody to care.
[F#]
[A] They bought [B] a lot of coffee, [A] broke [B] it up and canned [A] it.
Killed the life [B] around [A] it and stole [B] it like a bandit.
[F#m] Stone [B] [F#] River, water [Bm] ain't [F#m] running no more.
What used to be a river, now it's just an empty slide.
[F#] Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that God [B] sent by.
[F#]
[A] There ain't [B] no trees to grow, [A] no [B] animals to sow.
[A] What used to [B] be a stream, [A] is now [B] just a creek.
[F#m] Stone River, water ain't running no more.
[B] [F#m]
Stone River, water [B] ain't running.
[F#m]
The [A] penny [B] dunk, cut it [A] off and pooped it [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] no water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Stone River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] no more.
They [B] bought a lot of bandit, [A] broke [B] it up and jammed it.
[A] Killed the life [B] around [A] it and stole [B] it like a [F#m] bandit.
[B] Stone River, [F#m]
water ain't running no more.
There ain't [B] no trees to grow, [F#m] no [B] animals to sow.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A] is now [B] just a creek.
[F#] Stone [B] River, water ain't running [F#m] no more.
[B] [F#m]
[B] [F#] Stone River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running no more.
Stone River, water [B] [F#] [F#m] [B]
[F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[F#]
[A] [F#] [F#m] [F#m]
[F#] [F#m] [F#m]
[F#] ain't running no [F#m] more.
[F#]
[F#m] [F#] [F#m] Stone [F#] River, water [F#m] ain't [F#] running no [F#m] more.
[F#]
[F#m] [B] [A] The penny [B] dunk cut it [A] off and pooped it all [B] around.
[A] There ain't [B] no river runnin' [A] No [B] water can be [F#] found
[F#m] Stone [F#] River, the water [F#m] ain't runnin' no more
[F#]
[F#m] [F#m] [F#] Fish ain't [F#] swimmin' Ain't no fish around nowhere
[F#m] [F#]
[F#m] [B] [F#] Fish [B] ain't [F#] swimmin' Ain't nobody seems to care
[F#m] They [F#]
[F#m] [B] [A] [B] bottled up and jammed it [A] Choked [B] it up and [A] jammed it
Killed [B] the life around [A] it Stole [B] it like a [F#m] bandit
Stone [F#] River, the water ain't runnin' no more
[F#m] [F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[G#m] [F#m] [B] [F#m]
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
[B] [F#m]
[A] [B] [A]
[B] [A] [B] [A]
[B] [F#m] [B] [F#m]
[B] [F#m] [B] [F#m]
[B] [F#] What used to be a river Now [F#m] is just [B] an [F#m] empty site
[F#] There
[A] [B] [F#] ain't [F#m] no [B] vegetation [F#m] It's just an [B] agitation
[F#] It [B] don't [F#m] save [B] much
[F#]
[A] There [B] [A] ain't [B] no trees a-growin' [A] No [B] animals a [A]-showin'
What used to [B] be a [A] stream Is now [B] just a [F#m] dream
[A] Stone [B] River, [F#m] the water ain't [E] [F#m] runnin' no more
Stone River, the water ain't runnin' no more
[B] [F#m]
[B] [A] They bottled [B] up and jammed [A] it Choked [B] it up and jammed [A] it
Killed the [B] life around [A] it Stole it [B] like a bandit
[F#m] Stone River, the water ain't runnin' no more
[B] [F#m]
[B] [F#m] Stone River, the water ain't [B] [F#] runnin' no [B] more
[F#m] [B] [F#m] [B]
[F#m] Stone [B] River, [F#] the water ain't runnin' [F#m] no more
[G#] [F#]
[N]
Key:  
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
F#
134211112
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
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To learn Jj Cale - Stone River chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: A, B, A, F#m, B and F#m. Kick off your practice at a gentle 55 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 112 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F# Minor in mind.

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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ Stone River, water ain't running.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ Stone _ River, water ain't running.
_ [F#m] The _ _ _
_ _ [A] penny [B] bunk and the [A] coffee hook is [B] out of round.
[A] Ain't no [B] river running, [A] no water [B] can be found.
[F#] Stone [B] River, [F#m] water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ Fish ain't swimmin', ain't no fish around the [B] bend.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ Fish ain't swimmin', ain't nobody to care.
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [A] They bought [B] a lot of coffee, [A] broke [B] it up and canned [A] it.
Killed the life [B] around [A] it and stole [B] it like a bandit.
[F#m] Stone _ [B] [F#] River, water [Bm] ain't [F#m] running no more. _ _ _
_ _ What used to be a river, now it's just an empty slide. _ _ _
_ [F#] _ Ain't no vegetation, it's just an agitation that God [B] sent by.
[F#] _ _
_ _ [A] There ain't [B] no trees to grow, [A] no [B] animals to sow.
[A] What used to [B] be a stream, [A] is now [B] just a creek.
[F#m] _ _ Stone River, water ain't running no more.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ Stone River, water [B] ain't running.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The [A] penny [B] dunk, cut it [A] off and pooped it [B] all around.
[F#m] There ain't no [B] river running, [A] no water [B] can be found.
[F#m] Stone River, water [Bm] ain't running [F#m] no more. _ _ _ _
_ _ They [B] bought a lot of bandit, [A] broke [B] it up and jammed it.
[A] Killed the life [B] around [A] it and stole [B] it like a [F#m] bandit.
[B] Stone _ River, [F#m]
water ain't running no more. _ _ _ _
_ _ There ain't [B] no trees to grow, [F#m] no [B] animals to sow.
[A] What used [B] to be a stream, [A] is now [B] just a creek.
[F#] Stone _ [B] River, water ain't running [F#m] no more.
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] _ Stone River, water [B] ain't [F#m] running no more. _ _ _ _
_ _ Stone River, water [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [A] _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] ain't running no [F#m] more.
_ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [F#] _ [F#m] Stone [F#] River, water [F#m] ain't [F#] running no [F#m] more.
_ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] [A] The penny [B] dunk cut it [A] off and pooped it all [B] around.
[A] There ain't [B] no river runnin' [A] No [B] water can be [F#] found
[F#m] Stone [F#] River, the water [F#m] ain't runnin' no more
_ [F#] _ _
_ [F#m] _ [F#m] _ [F#] Fish ain't [F#] swimmin' Ain't no fish around nowhere
[F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ [B] _ [F#] _ Fish [B] ain't [F#] swimmin' Ain't nobody seems to care
[F#m] They [F#] _ _
[F#m] _ [B] _ [A] _ [B] bottled up and jammed it [A] Choked [B] it up and [A] jammed it
Killed [B] the life around [A] it Stole [B] it like a [F#m] bandit
Stone [F#] River, the water ain't runnin' no more
[F#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [F#] What used to be a river Now [F#m] is just [B] an [F#m] empty site
[F#] There _
[A] _ [B] _ [F#] ain't [F#m] no [B] vegetation [F#m] It's just an [B] agitation
[F#] It [B] don't [F#m] save [B] much
[F#] _
[A] There [B] _ [A] ain't [B] no trees a-growin' [A] No [B] animals a [A]-showin'
What used to [B] be a [A] stream Is now [B] just a [F#m] dream
[A] Stone [B] River, [F#m] the water ain't [E] [F#m] runnin' no more _ _ _ _
_ _ Stone River, the water ain't runnin' no more
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] [A] They bottled [B] up and jammed [A] it Choked [B] it up and jammed [A] it
Killed the [B] life around [A] it Stole it [B] like a bandit
[F#m] Stone River, the water ain't runnin' no more
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ Stone River, the water ain't [B] [F#] runnin' no [B] more
[F#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ [B] _
[F#m] _ _ Stone [B] River, [F#] the water ain't runnin' [F#m] no more _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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This song finds its place within the To Tulsa and Back album.

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