Cotton Mouth River Chords by Jim Croce
Tempo:
133.55 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [G]
Well, I know that [D] I shouldn't have done [Em] it.
I know that it [G] just wasn't right
Cause they got me backed up to [D] the Cottonmouth River and I can't cross [G] late at night
[D] Yeah, there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross [D] that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
If I had my life to [Em] live over
[C] I'd have gone [G] to work that day
Instead of going into town and shooting [Em] him down for [C] a thing.
I never [G] heard him say
Yeah, [D] there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight [C] and never [D] was heard [G] from again
Well, I just made it through the cane [Em]
break and [C] I got [D] one foot [G] in the mud
I can hear the hounds a-baying but [D] the snake around my ankles [C] telling me my [D] running days [G] are done
Oh, [D] yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
[D] Oh, yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them [D] time and again
[G] About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight and never [D] were heard from again
Well, I know that [D] I shouldn't have done [Em] it.
I know that it [G] just wasn't right
Cause they got me backed up to [D] the Cottonmouth River and I can't cross [G] late at night
[D] Yeah, there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross [D] that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
If I had my life to [Em] live over
[C] I'd have gone [G] to work that day
Instead of going into town and shooting [Em] him down for [C] a thing.
I never [G] heard him say
Yeah, [D] there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight [C] and never [D] was heard [G] from again
Well, I just made it through the cane [Em]
break and [C] I got [D] one foot [G] in the mud
I can hear the hounds a-baying but [D] the snake around my ankles [C] telling me my [D] running days [G] are done
Oh, [D] yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
[D] Oh, yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them [D] time and again
[G] About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight and never [D] were heard from again
Key:
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D
C
Em
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Em
[N] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Well, I know that [D] I shouldn't have done [Em] it.
_ I know that it [G] just wasn't right
Cause they got me backed up to [D] the Cottonmouth River and I can't cross [G] late at night
[D] Yeah, there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross [D] that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
_ _ _ _ _ If I had my life to [Em] live over
_ _ [C] I'd have gone [G] to work that day
Instead of going into town and shooting [Em] him down for [C] a thing.
I never [G] heard him say
Yeah, [D] there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight [C] and never [D] was heard [G] from again _ _ _ _
Well, I just made it through the cane [Em]
break and [C] I got [D] one foot [G] in the mud
I can hear the hounds a-baying but [D] the snake around my ankles [C] telling me my [D] running days [G] are done
Oh, [D] yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
[D] Oh, yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them [D] time and again
_ [G] About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight and never [D] were heard from again
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Well, I know that [D] I shouldn't have done [Em] it.
_ I know that it [G] just wasn't right
Cause they got me backed up to [D] the Cottonmouth River and I can't cross [G] late at night
[D] Yeah, there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross [D] that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
_ _ _ _ _ If I had my life to [Em] live over
_ _ [C] I'd have gone [G] to work that day
Instead of going into town and shooting [Em] him down for [C] a thing.
I never [G] heard him say
Yeah, [D] there's lots of stories told about [G] the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight [C] and never [D] was heard [G] from again _ _ _ _
Well, I just made it through the cane [Em]
break and [C] I got [D] one foot [G] in the mud
I can hear the hounds a-baying but [D] the snake around my ankles [C] telling me my [D] running days [G] are done
Oh, [D] yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them time [D] and again
About [G] the men who tried to cross that river [Em] by moonlight [C] and never [D] were heard [G] from again
[D] Oh, yeah, there's lots of stories told [G] about the Cottonmouth River.
[C] They tell them [D] time and again
_ [G] About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight and never [D] were heard from again
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