Kern River Chords by Merle Haggard
Tempo:
52.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
And I may [A] drown in still water, but [E] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil [D] town, but my gusher never [A] came in.
And the river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight, this wetness swept her [A] life away.
And now I live on Lake [E] Shasta, and Lake Shasta is [A] where I will stay.
There's the South San Joaquin [D] where the seeds of the Dust [A] Bowl are found.
And there's a place called Mount Whitney from where the mighty Kern River [E] comes down.
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide, [D] but it's a mean piece of [A] water, my friend.
And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
[D] Oh, I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
[A] And I may drown in still [E] water, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
[D] [C#m]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [D] I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I [E] lost my best friend.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
[A] And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern River again.
[A]
It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
And I may [A] drown in still water, but [E] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil [D] town, but my gusher never [A] came in.
And the river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight, this wetness swept her [A] life away.
And now I live on Lake [E] Shasta, and Lake Shasta is [A] where I will stay.
There's the South San Joaquin [D] where the seeds of the Dust [A] Bowl are found.
And there's a place called Mount Whitney from where the mighty Kern River [E] comes down.
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide, [D] but it's a mean piece of [A] water, my friend.
And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
[D] Oh, I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
[A] And I may drown in still [E] water, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
[D] [C#m]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] [D] I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I [E] lost my best friend.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
[A] And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern River again.
[A]
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
A
D
E
C#m
I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
_ It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] _ _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
_ And I may [A] drown in still water, but [E] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _
I grew up in an oil [D] town, but my gusher never [A] came in. _
And the river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim. _ _
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight, this wetness swept her [A] life away. _
And now I live on Lake [E] Shasta, and Lake Shasta is [A] where I will stay. _
There's the South San Joaquin [D] where the seeds of the Dust [A] Bowl are found. _
And there's a place called Mount Whitney from where the mighty Kern River [E] comes down. _
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide, [D] but it's a mean piece of [A] water, my friend. _
And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again. _ _
[D] Oh, I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
_ [A] And I may drown in still [E] water, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I [E] lost my best friend. _
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind. _
[A] And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern River again. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] _ _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
_ And I may [A] drown in still water, but [E] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _
I grew up in an oil [D] town, but my gusher never [A] came in. _
And the river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim. _ _
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight, this wetness swept her [A] life away. _
And now I live on Lake [E] Shasta, and Lake Shasta is [A] where I will stay. _
There's the South San Joaquin [D] where the seeds of the Dust [A] Bowl are found. _
And there's a place called Mount Whitney from where the mighty Kern River [E] comes down. _
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide, [D] but it's a mean piece of [A] water, my friend. _
And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again. _ _
[D] Oh, I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I lost my best friend.
[E] _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind.
_ [A] And I may drown in still [E] water, but I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
_ _ [D] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] I'll never swim Kern [A] River again.
It was there I first met her, and it was there that I [E] lost my best friend. _
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains.
I drifted up [D] here with the wind. _
[A] And I may cross on the [E] highway, but I'll never swim Kern River again. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _