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