Chords for songs

Down The River

Down The River

Down The River chords

by Chris Knight

Year: 2001

Genre: Country

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 2
Transpose
EADGBE
Capo

Am
C
G
F

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

Am

C

Am

C

Verse 1

Am

I was eighteen,

my

C

brother was twenty-one

Am

One saturday

evening

when

C

all the work

was done

We went

G

down to the

river,

had some

F

trot lines to run

Am

My brother

Walter had

a

C

fight the week before

Am

Knocked a

boy named Wilson

C

Through the

pool hall door

They said

G

you don't mess

with Wilson

Un

F

less you want a

war

Am

I put the

boat in the water,

and I

C

made the engine run

Am

I

loaded the lantern

a

C

gainst the sinking sun

And

G

my brother Walter

was

F

loading his gun

And

C

we

went

G

down the

Interlude 1

Am

(river)

C

Am

C

Verse 2

Am

Down past

the coal docks

We were

C

running our lines

Am

Heard some drunken

boaters

C

Racing up behind

It was

G

Wilson and his cousin,

they had

F

trouble on their minds

Am

They passed

on by us,

probably

C

going to tend their

pots

Am

We

headed up the river

C

with the

fish we'd caught

But be

G

fore we made the

landing,

I

F

thought I heard a

shot

C

Back

G

down the

Am

river

Interlude 2

C

Am

C

G

F

F

Verse 3

Am

My brother

Walter

fell

C

over the side

Am

I couldn't

find him,

no

C

matter how I tried

And I

G

looked along the bank

but

couldn't

F

find where they'd hide

Am

They drug

the river,

they

C

searched it up

and down

Am

Couldn't find

his body

so they de

C

cide that he'd drowned

G

But I

knew better and Wilson

F

bragged around town

Am

So one night

I floated down

Right a

C

bove Wilson's shack

Am

I

hid in the woods

till I

C

saw him walk out

back

I put a

G

bullet in his head

and

F

dropped him in his

tracks

And

C

we

went

G

down

the

Am

river

Interlude 3

C

Am

C

G

F

F

Verse 4

Am

Down below

the trestle

Where the

C

water runs slow

I

Am

chained him to an

anvil

C

And I let him

go

And

G

five years later

I

F

ain't told a soul

Am

And I ain't

done much fishing,

I

C

hardly wet a line

Am

The

death of my brother

is still

C

heavy on my mind

I've been

G

thinking Wilson's cousin

Better

F

find a place to

hide

Cause

C

I'm

going

G

down the

Am

river

Yeah,

C

I'm

going

G

down the

Interlude 4

Am

(river)

C

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Solo 1

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Outro 1

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