Bottom Of The River

	  		
 


 
 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D           A             C 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river 
 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D        C       A 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down 



VERSE 1: 

A           C       E           A 
If you get sleep or if you get none 
    E            D           C        A 
The cock's gonna call in the morning, baby 
A          C                 E       A 
Check the cupboard for your daddy's gun 
E        D             C      A 
Red sun rises like an early warning 
     D            F             A          D 
The Lord's gonna come for your first born son 
    A          G            F         D 
His hair's on fire and his heart is burning 
   A          C               E     A 
So go to the river where the water runs 
E         D              C         A 
Wash him deep where the tides are turning 


BRIDGE: 

    E       D 
And if you fall 
 F      E 
If you fall 




 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D           A             C 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river 
 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D        C       A 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down 



VERSE 2: 
 

      A          C                E        A 
The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight 
 E         D           C       A 
Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger 
 A          C          E        A 
Drive your son like a railroad spike 
 E        D             C        A 
Into the water, let it pull him under 
 D         F                 A     D 
Don't you lift him, let him drown alive 
     A         G            F       D 
The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder 
 A        C              E     A 
Let that fever make the water rise 
     E 
And let the river run dry 

And I said 


 

 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D           A             C 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river 
 E            D 
Hold my hand 
                    E       D        C       A 
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down (2x)