River Runs Red Chords by The Steeldrivers

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_ 31st day of December _ [G] 3000 dressed in blue [D] and gray _
All sons [A] of the heavenly [G] father _ lay in a [D] watery grave
And the river [C] runs [G] red, _ the _ river [D] runs red _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
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One shot woke the Tennessee [Em] morning
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[Dm] Soon [G] fire and smoke filled [D] the sky _
Then rain came down with [G] no [C] warning
[G] As sorrow fell down from [D] all sides
The river runs red, the river [Am] runs red
No winners [G] or losers when you [D] count the dead
We watched it roll by, we all bow [C] our [Am] heads
The guns have [G] gone silent
_ _ [D] But the river runs _ red
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Now Rogers was from [C] Alabama _
[G] And Thomas and old New [Am] York [D] town _
But soon they would die like [C] blood brothers
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In the stream where their souls would [D] flow down
The river runs red, the river [Am] runs red
No [Dm] winners [G] or losers when you [D] count the dead
We watched it roll by, we all bow [Am] our heads
The guns have [G] gone _ silent
_ But the river [C] runs red
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[D] _ _ _ [F] Some say you could see [G] red for miles
_ [F] And it flowed that way [G] so [D] many years
[F] Now the water looks clean [G] and untainted
But Stone's River will never run [D] clear
Cause the river runs red, the river [Am] runs red
No winners [G] or losers when you [D] count the dead
We watched it roll by, we all bow [Am] our heads
The guns have [G] gone silent _ _
_ But the river [D] runs red _ _
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