Kern River Chords by Merle Haggard

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