The River

	  		
Bm 
Oh my lord 
Bm 
Take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom 
Bm 
The bottom of the river
 

Bm  A F#m 

verse 1 
Bm 
Oh my lord 
Bm 
Take this hand 
Bm 
Save me from the gallows 
Bm 
Hear this news 
Bm 
Bear my gold 
Bm 
Lay me in the shallows 
Bm 
Evil comes if you call my name 
Bm 
The wicked, they shall rise 
Bm 
The river sand's gonna wash me clean 
Bm 
The river don't run dry 

Bm 
Oh my lord 
Bm 
Take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom 
Bm 
The bottom of the river 


Bm A F#m 

verse 2 
Bm 
Oh my lord 
Bm 
Hear my woe 
Bm 
There's blood upon the valley 
Bm 
Deliver me from worry 
Bm 
The devils hand is gonna strike me down 
Bm 
Gut me to my grave 
Bm 
The river's song is gonna pull me through 
Bm                   E 
The river she can safe 

Bm 
Oh my lord 
Bm 
Take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
D 
Lay me at the bottom 
Bm 
The bottom of the river 


Instrumental 
D Bm D Bm E A 
D Bm A Bm D Bm E A 

Bridge: Children 
Bm 
Oh my lord take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
Oh my lord take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
Oh my lord take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
Bm               D 
Lay me at the bottom 

Bm 
Oh my lord take this soul 
Bm 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
Bm               D   F#m 
Lay me at the bottom 
                    Bm 
The bottom of the river 


Outro: Singer & Children 
Bm 
Oh my lord take this soul 
                             D 
Lay me at the bottom of the river 
The bottom of the river 
Bm 
The devil has come to carry me home 
D 
Lay me at the bottom 
                       Bm 
The bottom of the river