Chords for The River
Tempo:
78.8 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
B
C#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#m] [B] [F#] [C#]
[A#m] [B] [F#] [C#]
[A#m] All right.
[B] [F#] Growing [C#]
[F#] up, it was [C#] tough.
We were glad for what little we had.
[C#m] I saw my share of old fam, Mississippi [B] dirt roads and confederate flags.
[F#] Every day my father would tell me, son, run and don't ever come back.
[C#] That's where I [G#m] left my girl.
That's where my heart is at.
[F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head, then I came up shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my [B] Impala where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
[G#] How the river runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] I got a loan, I'm moving on.
[C#] I've been ditched and scars are well.
[C#m] I think of [F#] her, then I sit and I wait [G#m] for a card or a letter in the mail.
[Bm] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet, [F#] place my ear up to a shell.
[G#] I wonder if you miss me too, [C#m] cause I've been [F] longing to get to you.
[F#] I'm sick of staring out my window sill.
[C#] I'm tired of hoping she remembers me still.
[F#] I'm packing my bags, I said I'm going back [G#m] home to the place where I belong.
[Bm] The river, she's there when I [F#] get there.
I'm never gonna leave her [G#] again.
You see she stole my [G#m] heart.
Down by [C#] the river, [F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
In the name of shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#] river runs through the ocean.
[D#] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [E] So I'm packing up my suitcase, bought me a one way fare.
I'm leaving everything behind me, but in my heart I always care.
And I'll [D] still be right [D#] back.
Thank [G#m] you baby, cause [D#m] nothing can replace that part of my [C#] life.
I held [F#] my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
Then I came up shiny and laid down.
Forgot [C#m] about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[D] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#m] river [G#] runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [C#] [C#m] [B]
[Bm] [F#]
[A#m] [B] [F#] [C#]
[A#m] All right.
[B] [F#] Growing [C#]
[F#] up, it was [C#] tough.
We were glad for what little we had.
[C#m] I saw my share of old fam, Mississippi [B] dirt roads and confederate flags.
[F#] Every day my father would tell me, son, run and don't ever come back.
[C#] That's where I [G#m] left my girl.
That's where my heart is at.
[F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head, then I came up shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my [B] Impala where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
[G#] How the river runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] I got a loan, I'm moving on.
[C#] I've been ditched and scars are well.
[C#m] I think of [F#] her, then I sit and I wait [G#m] for a card or a letter in the mail.
[Bm] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet, [F#] place my ear up to a shell.
[G#] I wonder if you miss me too, [C#m] cause I've been [F] longing to get to you.
[F#] I'm sick of staring out my window sill.
[C#] I'm tired of hoping she remembers me still.
[F#] I'm packing my bags, I said I'm going back [G#m] home to the place where I belong.
[Bm] The river, she's there when I [F#] get there.
I'm never gonna leave her [G#] again.
You see she stole my [G#m] heart.
Down by [C#] the river, [F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
In the name of shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#] river runs through the ocean.
[D#] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [E] So I'm packing up my suitcase, bought me a one way fare.
I'm leaving everything behind me, but in my heart I always care.
And I'll [D] still be right [D#] back.
Thank [G#m] you baby, cause [D#m] nothing can replace that part of my [C#] life.
I held [F#] my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
Then I came up shiny and laid down.
Forgot [C#m] about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[D] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#m] river [G#] runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [C#] [C#m] [B]
[Bm] [F#]
Key:
F#
C#
B
C#m
G#m
F#
C#
B
[A#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#]
[A#m] All right.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] Growing [C#] _
_ [F#] _ up, it was [C#] tough.
We were glad for what little we had.
[C#m] I saw my share of old fam, Mississippi [B] dirt roads and confederate flags.
[F#] Every day my father would tell me, son, run and don't ever come back.
[C#] That's where I [G#m] left my girl.
That's where my heart is at.
[F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head, then I came up shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my [B] Impala where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
[G#] How the river runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] I got a loan, I'm moving on.
[C#] I've been ditched and scars are well.
[C#m] I think of [F#] her, then I sit and I wait [G#m] for a card or a letter in the mail.
[Bm] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet, [F#] place my ear up to a shell.
[G#] I wonder if you miss me too, [C#m] cause I've been [F] longing to get to you.
[F#] I'm sick of staring out my window sill.
[C#] I'm tired of hoping she remembers me still.
[F#] I'm packing my bags, I said I'm going back [G#m] home to the place where I belong.
[Bm] The river, she's there when I [F#] get there.
I'm never gonna leave her [G#] again.
You see she stole my [G#m] heart.
Down by [C#] the river, [F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
In the name of shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#] river runs through the ocean.
[D#] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [E] So I'm packing up my suitcase, bought me a one way fare.
I'm leaving everything behind me, but in my heart I always care.
And I'll [D] still be right [D#] back.
Thank [G#m] you baby, cause [D#m] nothing can replace that part of my [C#] life.
I held [F#] my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
Then I came up shiny and laid down.
Forgot [C#m] about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[D] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#m] river [G#] runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#]
[A#m] All right.
_ [B] _ _ [F#] Growing [C#] _
_ [F#] _ up, it was [C#] tough.
We were glad for what little we had.
[C#m] I saw my share of old fam, Mississippi [B] dirt roads and confederate flags.
[F#] Every day my father would tell me, son, run and don't ever come back.
[C#] That's where I [G#m] left my girl.
That's where my heart is at.
[F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head, then I came up shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my [B] Impala where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
[G#] How the river runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] I got a loan, I'm moving on.
[C#] I've been ditched and scars are well.
[C#m] I think of [F#] her, then I sit and I wait [G#m] for a card or a letter in the mail.
[Bm] I walk the beach with the sand in my feet, [F#] place my ear up to a shell.
[G#] I wonder if you miss me too, [C#m] cause I've been [F] longing to get to you.
[F#] I'm sick of staring out my window sill.
[C#] I'm tired of hoping she remembers me still.
[F#] I'm packing my bags, I said I'm going back [G#m] home to the place where I belong.
[Bm] The river, she's there when I [F#] get there.
I'm never gonna leave her [G#] again.
You see she stole my [G#m] heart.
Down by [C#] the river, [F#] I held my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
In the name of shiny and laid down.
[C#m] Forgot about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[Bm] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#] river runs through the ocean.
[D#] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] [E] So I'm packing up my suitcase, bought me a one way fare.
I'm leaving everything behind me, but in my heart I always care.
And I'll [D] still be right [D#] back.
Thank [G#m] you baby, cause [D#m] nothing can replace that part of my [C#] life.
I held [F#] my breath when they dipped my [C#] head.
Then I came up shiny and laid down.
Forgot [C#m] about love in the back of my Impala [B] where they laid my grandfather to.
[D] And by the river, I'm with black folk [F#] together at the Sunday services.
How the [G#m] river [G#] runs through the ocean.
[B] I'll be running [C#] right back to you.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _