Chords for Merle Haggard - Kern River

[A] _ _ _ [Dm] Oh, I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
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_ _ _ _ It was there that I met her. _
It was there that I lost my best [E] friend.
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[D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind. _ _ _ _
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And I [A] may drown in still water,
but [E] I'll never swim Kern [A] River _ again. _ _ _
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I grew up in an oil town,
[D] but my glacier _ [A]
never came in. _ _
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_ The river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim. _ _ _
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[A] One night in the [D] moonlight,
the sweetness swept her [A] life away. _ _ _
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Now I live on Lake Shasta.
[E] Lake Shasta is where [A] I'll stay. _
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There's the South San _ Joaquin
[D] where the seeds of the Dust Bowl [A] are found. _ _
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There's a place called Mount Whitney
where the mighty Kern [C#m] River [E] comes down. _ _
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[A] Well, it's not deep nor [D] wide,
but it's a beast of water, [A] my friend. _ _
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And I may cross on the highway,
but [E] I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again. _ _
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Oh, [D] I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again. _ _
It was there that I met her.
It was there I lost my [E] best friend. _ _ _
Now _ _ _ _ [D] I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And I [A] may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ _ _ _ again.
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