Chords for The O'Jays, T Bone, Zane and Montell Jordan Down by the Riverside [to da River]

_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm gonna lay down [Gm] my burdens [Bb] now.
Down [Gm] by [Bb] the [Fm] riverside.
Yeah, [F] down.
Down by [F] the riverside.
[Eb] Down.
_ [F] Down by the [Bb] riverside.
_ _ [Gm] I'm gonna lay down my burdens now.
[Bb] Down _ by the [Gm] _ riverside.
[Cm] _ [Eb] Steady.
[Bb] No more.
[Eb] No [Bb] more.
[Eb] No more.
_ [Bb] _
_ I'm going down to the river.
Gonna put my foot in.
Gonna let it go up to my knee.
Gonna [G] let it go down to my [Bb] thigh.
And I ain't gonna steady one [Eb] no more.
[Bb] Steady one no more.
[Cm] _ [Bb] Steady one no more.
[Cm] _ _
[Eb] Steady one no more.
[A] Yeah, [F] yeah, [E] yeah, yeah.
All that street corner barbershop harmony, that's cool, right?
We [Bb] got some new hip-hop in Monte Carlo, Georgia [A] for y'all tonight.
[C] Yo, Brick.
I'm sick of [A] packing all these nines, slinging [Bb] dimes and smoking all the money, [A] why not?
Chilling with pretty [Cm] mamas from Havana.
Hanging [E] behind those demons trying [F] to see me hot like I'm in [A] Asana.
And I'm just trying [C] to get to loose, kind of like [E] Madonna.
Everybody I [F] know, tell them [E] it's time to go.
Me and BG and the six [C] folks sitting real low.
[Ab] Pop the world to the [G] riverside, put that liquor to [E] the side.
Ain't no need for getting high, stay alive, be a toss.
Hell should I [Bb] handle him?
Got me tripping, y'all.
Now we're really in that dilemma, burdensome, because I don't want to be left in [E] burning.
Swerving with [Bb] Daphne, promise my last breath.
[Gb] Dress in prison blue, Holy [Ab] Spirit got me under [E] arrest.
I used to be a thug, [Bb] sold drugs, [E] might assault you.
Step up in the church, [C] got converted at the [A] altar.
And I'll fault you.
[F] Fell back and he caught [E] you.
Out trying to floss, [C] better live what he taught [A] you.
Go [Bb] down.
[Am] We going down to the [C] river, to the river.
[A] Go [Bb] down, baby.
Go [E] down, [C] take it to the river.
If it [Am] wasn't for him I wouldn't be [F] alive.
[A] Chastise for telling lies, [C] since then baptized.
Look in my eyes, [E] can you see the pain?
Why [Bbm] does the sun shine when [Am] it rain?
Hard times got me [C] feeling that he never did a [E] thing.
I've got chosen, [F] he put me in a rose.
[E] They keep my wrist [Cm] frozen, never brown nose.
[E] And I can expose you.
[Bbm] I cause a colitis, [A] spit the truth like a [C] prophet.
I talk to the old, [E] people feel what they [Bb] can't understand.
I [E] thank God that I can.
I [C] stay focused, keeping him in my plan, [E] never losing my faith.
Haters [Bb] gonna try to degrade, [Gb] gotta be in my state of mind to [C] relate.
Gotta know this [E] is the end, it ain't no time [Bb] to waste.
[A] Time to face your fate, and I pray you [C] don't end up in the lake.
Do [E] whatever it [F] takes, so many mistakes we make.
But we gon' all [Ab] get it right when we down by the [E] riverside.
Go down.
[Bb] _ [E] We going down to [C] the river, take it to the [E] river.
Go down, [F] baby.
Go down, [C] to the river.
Take it to the river.
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [E] _ _
[C] Go down.
_ [E] [F] Go down.
_ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ I'm gonna lay that, [Bb] all them McClarks [E] and automatics.
I'm charismatic like [C] crack addicts.
I wreak havoc [Gb] like road ragers and bad [F] traffic.
It gets stressin', but it's [B] fantastic.
And the crack, it's all packed, [Ab] and now I'm fast and has more passion.
How [F] can I keep this [E] life everlasting?
Sick of [C] glass and the dash and flash.
And I cross bands, [E] and they pay the ransom.
Now [F] I'm glory, holla, dancin'.
I'm slipping and reaping, they come up with lyrical styles, don't ever [E] hurt.
Gotta reach them pines, [F] that be on them [E] cones, flipping bird.
Forget the English, [C] big rhymes, para mi [A] gente.
Bustle and Chivani, [Bb] bringing beats like Hito [Gb] Puente.
Salsa, [Cm] merengue, ritmos [Abm] calientes.
Azúcar [Bb] sabroso pa' ti, [E] ami.
Heading down to the [C] riverside so I can let the old man [E] die.
When I [F] come out of the water, a new man finna come alive.
[Cm] Revived with the Holy Ghost with tears in [A] my eyes.
_ [Bb] _ Oh, [C] as long as they praising God's name, it's [A] all right with me.
[Bb] Congregations gonna be here for a [A] surprise, cuz it's Sunday.
[C] Yeah, let me know how it go.
[A] I expect you to be there too.
[Bb] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] We [Bb] [E] so