Chords for Merle Haggard - Kern River
Tempo:
78.525 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I believe you and Freddy came to this show last spring and you at that time
gave us a preview of some things you had just cut.
You want to do that tonight?
You want to sing something that you've just cut?
Okay, all right.
We planned one
thing, I think I'm gonna do another.
[A] Plan B is in effect.
This is something that
will be in your forthcoming album, right?
This is the title of the album.
[D]
Oh I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met her and it was
there that I lost my [E] best friend.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Bm] here
where the wind.
[D]
[E] [D] [A] And I may drown in still water but I'll [E] never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil town [D] but my gusher [A] never came in.
And the river was a
boundary where my darling and I used [E] to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight the
swiftness swept her life [A] away.
And now I live on Lake Shasta [E] and Lake Shasta is
where [A] 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] And it's not deep nor wide [D] but 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.
[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.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Dm] here where [A] the
wind.
[D] [A] And I may drown in still water [E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
[F#m] [A]
[N]
That's it.
Porter that's all right isn't it?
Isn't that great?
I noticed you were listening quite intently over there.
I'll tell you what he's a dangerous man with a song.
Of all the singers there is I just think he's the greatest man to listen to and
puts his story across better than anybody.
gave us a preview of some things you had just cut.
You want to do that tonight?
You want to sing something that you've just cut?
Okay, all right.
We planned one
thing, I think I'm gonna do another.
[A] Plan B is in effect.
This is something that
will be in your forthcoming album, right?
This is the title of the album.
[D]
Oh I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met her and it was
there that I lost my [E] best friend.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Bm] here
where the wind.
[D]
[E] [D] [A] And I may drown in still water but I'll [E] never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil town [D] but my gusher [A] never came in.
And the river was a
boundary where my darling and I used [E] to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight the
swiftness swept her life [A] away.
And now I live on Lake Shasta [E] and Lake Shasta is
where [A] 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] And it's not deep nor wide [D] but 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.
[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.
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Dm] here where [A] the
wind.
[D] [A] And I may drown in still water [E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
[F#m] [A]
[N]
That's it.
Porter that's all right isn't it?
Isn't that great?
I noticed you were listening quite intently over there.
I'll tell you what he's a dangerous man with a song.
Of all the singers there is I just think he's the greatest man to listen to and
puts his story across better than anybody.
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
Bm
A
D
E
I believe you and Freddy came to this show last spring and you at that time
gave us a preview of some things you had just cut.
You want to do that tonight?
You want to sing something that you've just cut?
Okay, all right.
_ _ We planned one
thing, I think I'm gonna do another.
_ [A] _ Plan B is in effect.
_ This is something that
will be in your forthcoming album, right?
This is the title of the album.
_ [D]
Oh I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _
_ It was there that I met her and it was
there that I lost my [E] best friend.
_ _ _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Bm] here
where the wind.
[D] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ [A] And I may drown in still water but I'll [E] never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _ _
I grew up in an oil town [D] but my gusher [A] never came in.
_ _ _ _ And the river was a
boundary where my darling and I used [E] to swim. _ _ _
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight the
swiftness swept her life [A] away.
_ _ _ And now I live on Lake Shasta [E] and Lake Shasta is
where [A] 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] And it's not deep nor wide [D] but 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.
_ _ _ _ [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. _ _ _ _
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Dm] here where [A] the
wind.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ And I may drown in still water [E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
[F#m] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That's it.
Porter that's all right isn't it?
Isn't that great?
I noticed you were listening quite intently over there.
I'll tell you what he's a dangerous man with a song. _
Of all the singers there is I just think he's the greatest man to listen to and
puts his story across better than anybody. _ _ _ _ _
gave us a preview of some things you had just cut.
You want to do that tonight?
You want to sing something that you've just cut?
Okay, all right.
_ _ We planned one
thing, I think I'm gonna do another.
_ [A] _ Plan B is in effect.
_ This is something that
will be in your forthcoming album, right?
This is the title of the album.
_ [D]
Oh I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _
_ It was there that I met her and it was
there that I lost my [E] best friend.
_ _ _ [D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Bm] here
where the wind.
[D] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ [A] And I may drown in still water but I'll [E] never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _ _
I grew up in an oil town [D] but my gusher [A] never came in.
_ _ _ _ And the river was a
boundary where my darling and I used [E] to swim. _ _ _
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight the
swiftness swept her life [A] away.
_ _ _ And now I live on Lake Shasta [E] and Lake Shasta is
where [A] 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] And it's not deep nor wide [D] but 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.
_ _ _ _ [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. _ _ _ _
[D] Now I live in the [C#m] mountains I drifted up [Dm] here where [A] the
wind.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ And I may drown in still water [E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
[F#m] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That's it.
Porter that's all right isn't it?
Isn't that great?
I noticed you were listening quite intently over there.
I'll tell you what he's a dangerous man with a song. _
Of all the singers there is I just think he's the greatest man to listen to and
puts his story across better than anybody. _ _ _ _ _