Chords for Rock River

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[E] I was out in the wild, [G] trying to catch some supper, [E] and bring it home to [G] sweet mama.
But [E] when the pony headed back, [G] to our home valley, [E] I knew we'd been drawn [G] to love.
[C] And I crossed [B] the rock river, [A] and that's where she [E] died.
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[Em] I came home just after, _ [G] looking for mama, [E] but she was nowhere [G] on our land. _
[E] So I kicked the front door open, [G] saw the road above her, [E] and a shadow of this dirty [G] guy and man.
[C] And I crossed the [B] rock river, [A] the day before she [E] died.
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I chased him through Arkansas, from Texas to Missouri, from San Antonio up north to St.
Louis.
He was haunted, but I had the time.
I wanted him back to the scene of the crime.
[C] And he crossed [B] the rock river, [A] the day before he [E] died.
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_ [E] reached rock river, [G] and we reached the other side.
He [E] looked back, kind of afraid for [G] his life.
I [E] pulled my trigger and I hit him, [G] right between the eyes.
And [E] then I roped him up to mama, [G] to the roaches and the flies.
[C] And we crossed the [B] rock river, [A] the day before he died.
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[C] And he crossed the [Bm] rock river, [Am] the day before he [E] died.
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[C] And he crossed the [Bm] rock river, [Am] the day before he died.
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_ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] The day before he [E] died.
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