Audra Mae
The River Guitar Chords
A A
I've done a bad thing it's okay
A A
I'm going down to the river today
Dm Dm
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
A A
Til I'm born again tomorrow
E
Oh to get over my head
Dm A A
Make me forget my sorrow
A A
I'm going down to the river alone
A A
Don't tell mama and daddy I'm gone
Dm Dm
And if they cry when I don't come home
A
Just lie and tell them I'm funnin'
E
Whoa to get out of my eyes
Dm A
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
Dm
And I can't swim
A
But it's alright
E A
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Dm A
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
E E
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
A
'Cause a good girl should
A A
This old town'll have my skin
A A
I can't speak the trouble I'm in
Dm Dm
So if I don't come back again
A A
Go lie beneath the willow
E
'Cause where I carved my name
Dm A A
Is where my soul you'll remainAnd I'll still know
Dm
And I can't swim
A
But it's alright
E A
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Dm A
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
E E
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
A
'Cause a good girl should
A A
When I meet the Lord so kind
A A
I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind
Dm Dm
And I'll tell him I wanna know why oh why
A A
he's so damned forgivin'
E
My daddy won't look in my eyes
Dm A A
Momma knows the lies I'm living
Dm
oh, I can't swim
A
But it's alright
E A
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Dm A
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
E E
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
A
'Cause a good girl should
* The song can also be played using E, Am, and C#7 instead of G, Cm, and E (D7) with a
capo on the 2nd fret for it to sound like the original song.