Down Bybthevriver

CAPO: 4th FRET 

Intro

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My old man would throw me in the truck 
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Put a couple flower bed worms in a cup 
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Didn't say a lot but I learned so much 
Em 
Down by the river 

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When I turned ten, my hand let off 
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Of a pinewood pew to that old rugged cross 
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Wasn't the Jordan but everyone watched 
Em 
Down by the river 


 
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Sometimes it's a high 
                 Em 
Sometimes it's a low 
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Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny 

It'll wash the dirt off of your soul 

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When it's my time 
           Em7 
My time to go 
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I Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner 

Down by the river 

N.C. 
So I can keep watching it 
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Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll 

Watching it 
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Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll 



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We were too young to buy but somebody had a brother 
     Em7 
We'd take that case and a little Marshall Tucker 
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Drank every damn one of them nights that summer 
Em 
Down by the river 

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When you're 17, love's in the air 
        Em7                                    Em 
And you couldn't go here, and you couldn't go there 
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But I knew her daddy'd never catch her lettin' down her hair 
Em 
Down by the river 



                  D 
Sometimes it's a high 
                 Em7 
Sometimes it's a low 
      G 
Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny 

It'll wash the dirt off of your soul 

              D 
When it's my time 
           Em7 
My time to go 
            G 
I Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner 

Down by the river 


So I can keep watching it 
 D                               Em7 
Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll 

Watching it 
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Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-ollll-oll 


Instrumental
 
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Break 
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There's gonna come a day God's gonna take me 
      Em 
It's tough but I hope somebody can maybe 
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Pull a few strings so I'm pushing up daisies 
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Down by the river 



                  D 
Sometimes it's a high 
                 Em 
Sometimes it's a low 
      G 
Might be a little muddy but ain't it kind of funny 

It'll wash the dirt off of your soul 

              D 
When it's my time 
           Em7 
My time to go 
            G 
I Hope the Good Lord's got a house for a sinner 

Down by the river 


So I can keep watching it 
 D                               Em7 
Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll 

Watching it 
 G                                D 
Roll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll-oll 

Mm yeah 

Outro

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