Down The River Chords by Chris Knight

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[Bm] _ I was 18, [D] my brother was 21.
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[Bm] One Saturday evening, [D] when all the work was done, [A] we went down to the river, [G] had some.
tried lines to run.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] My brother Walter [D] had a fight the week before.
[Bm] Knocked a boy named Wilson [D] through the pool hall door.
[A] They said, you don't mess with Wilson [G] unless you want a war.
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[Bm] I put the boat in the water [D] and I made the engine run.
[Bm] I loaded the lantern [D] against the sinking sun.
[A] My brother Walter [G] was loading his gun.
[D] We [A] went [B] down the river, _ _ .
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[D] _ _ _ _ [B] [Bm] down past the coal dots.
We were [D] running our lines.
[Bm] Heard some drunken boaters [D] racing up behind.
[A] It was Wilson and his cousin, [G] they had trouble on their mind.
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[Bm] They passed on by, [D] probably going to end their fight.
[Bm] We headed up the river [D] with the fish we caught.
[A] But before we made the landing, [G] I thought I heard a shot.
[D] _ _ [A] Back down [Bm] the river, _ _ .
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[B] [Bm] my brother Walter fell [D] over the side.
[B] I [Bm] couldn't find him, [D] no matter how I tried.
[A] I looked along the bank, but I couldn't [G] find where they'd hide.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] They'd drug the river, [D] they searched it up and down.
[Bm] Couldn't find his body, [D] so they decided that he'd drown.
[A] But I knew better [G] than Wilson bragged around town.
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[Bm] So one night I floated [D] down, right above Wilson's shack.
[Bm] I hid in the woods [D] until I saw him walk out back.
[A] I put a bullet in his head, [G] and dropped him in his tracks.
[D] Then we [A] went [Bm] down the river, _ _ .
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[Bm] down below the trestle,.
[D] where the water runs slow.
[Bm] I chained him to an anvil, [D] and then I let him go.
[A] And five years later, [G] I ain't told of so.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I ain't done much fishing, I [D] hardly wet a line.
[Bm] _ The death of my brother [D] is still heavy on my mind.
[A] I've been thinking Wilson's cousin, [G] better find a place to hide.
[D] Cause [A] I'm going [Bm] down the river.
_ _ [D] Yeah, [A] I'm going [Bm] down the river.
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