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