River Runs Red Chords by The Steeldrivers

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_ _ _ _ The 31st day of [Am] December, [E] _ _ [A] three thousand [G] dressed in [D] blue and gray, _ _ _
all sons of the [C] Heavenly Father _ _ [G] lay in a [D] watery grave,
and the river [C] runs red, _
_ [G] _ the river [D] runs red.
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_ One shot woke the Tennessee morning, _ _ soon fire and smoke filled the skies,
_ _ then rain came down on the [A] morning, _ _ [G] as sorrow fell down [D] from all sides.
The river runs red, the river [A] runs red.
No [D] winners or losers, when you count the dead.
We watch it roll by, we all bow [Am] our heads.
The guns have [G] gone silent, _ [D] _ _ _ [G] but the river [D] runs red.
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Now Rogers is from _ [C] Alabama, _
_ [G] and Thomas an old New [D] York town,
_ but soon they would die like [C] blood brothers, _ [E] in the stream where the souls would flow [D] down.
The river runs red, the river [A] runs red.
No [G] winners or losers, [D] when you count the dead.
We watch it roll by, we [Am] all bow our heads.
The guns [D] have gone _ silent, _ _ but the river [C] runs _ _ red.
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[D] _ _ _ _ [F] Some say you could see red [G] for miles, and [F] it flowed that [G] way so many [D] years. _
Now [F] the waters look clean and [G] untainted, the [D] storms river will never run clear,
cause the river runs red, the river [Am] runs red.
No winners [G] or losers, when you [D] count the dead.
We watch it roll by, we all bow [Am] our heads.
The guns have [D] gone silent, _ _ _ but the river runs red. _ _ _
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