The River Chords by Paul Pena

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_ _ They told [Eb] me you [Bb] were coming _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And that I should stick _ around _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They said I [Eb] had to meet [Bb] _ you _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ You were a treasure that they'd [Bb] _ found _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ They were [Bb] proud to hang with you
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
They _ thought you played their [Bb] _
game
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ Even [F] though you [Bb]
had your money
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ And your [Eb] daddy had [Bb] his fame
_ _ I know _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it's a long road
_ _ [Eb] _ _
Yes [F] the river _ _ _
_ [Bb] It's a hell _ _ _ of a road
Oh Lord the river _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] It's a long road _ _
_ _ _ [F] I see you [Eb]
coming down
_ [Bb] _ [F] Fixing to go
_ _ _ Just before [Eb] you leave me baby
[Bb] There's something you got to know yeah
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Finally I met you _
_ And _ _ [F] _ _ _
I _ _ [Bb] realized then _
_ That _ _ _ _ _ with all the broken [Bb] down
Broken hearted low down people you [Gm] knew and [F] loved _
Knew we could be [Bb] _ _
friends _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ For your [Eb] heart was into loving
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Spreading good times [Bb] and joy all around
_ [Eb] And _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ because of that many [Bb] people that you knew
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
They couldn't understand [F] you
_ [Bb]
They put you down and kicked you around
[F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes [F] the _ river
_ _ [Bb] _ It's a hell of a _ road
Oh [F] Lord the river
_ _ _ _ [Bb] It's a long _ _ _ _ _ [F] road
I see you [Eb] coming [Bb] down _
Fixing to go
[F] _ _ _
Just before you [Eb] leave me baby
Here's what I want you to know yeah
_ [G] _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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And this _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] is _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] what I've got to say to you tonight
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ Finally I'm _ leaving
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ For the last [Bb] time to _ stand
_ _ _ _ [F] _
_ That many of the people that [Bb] I knew
I thought were my closest friends
_ [F] _
_ Lord they're here during another [Bb]
man
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Me and my lady
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] We'll _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] be _ _ _ _ _
God if you're ever homeless _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Always be found the river _ _ _
[Bb] It's a long road
_ _ _ [F] Yes the river
_ _ _ [Gm] _
It's a hell of [Bb] a road
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] So just before [Eb] I leave baby
[Bb]
Take my [F] hand _ _ _
Me and my [Eb] lady
_ [Bb] We'll show you how we can make a better land
[F] Stop life's river
[Bb] _ From being such a
God _ _ _ _ [F] loves the river
_ _ From being such [Bb] a
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Lord calls [F] the river
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Come on my [Eb] love
_ Please give me a [F] smile
_ I just wanna [Eb] love you baby
So you can feel good with me for a [F] while _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Yeah girl _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _