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
A#m A#m
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
F F
Til I'm born again tomorrow
C
Oh to get over my head
A#m 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
A#m A#m
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
A#m F
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
A#m
And I can't swim
F
But it's alright
C F
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
A#m 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
A#m A#m
So if I don't come back again
F F
Go lie beneath the willow
C
'Cause where I carved my name
A#m F F
Is where my soul you'll remainAnd I'll still know
A#m
And I can't swim
F
But it's alright
C F
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
A#m 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
A#m A#m
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
A#m F F
Momma knows the lies I'm living
A#m
oh, I can't swim
F
But it's alright
C F
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
A#m 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 A7 instead of G, Cm, and C (D7) with a
capo on the 2nd fret for it to sound like the original song.
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