Audra Mae
The River Guitar Chords
D# D#
I've done a bad thing it's okay
D# D#
I'm going down to the river today
G#m G#m
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
D# D#
Til I'm born again tomorrow
A#
Oh to get over my head
G#m D# D#
Make me forget my sorrow
D# D#
I'm going down to the river alone
D# D#
Don't tell mama and daddy I'm gone
G#m G#m
And if they cry when I don't come home
D#
Just lie and tell them I'm funnin'
A#
Whoa to get out of my eyes
G#m D#
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
G#m
And I can't swim
D#
But it's alright
A# D#
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
G#m D#
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
A# A#
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
D#
'Cause a good girl should
D# D#
This old town'll have my skin
D# D#
I can't speak the trouble I'm in
G#m G#m
So if I don't come back again
D# D#
Go lie beneath the willow
A#
'Cause where I carved my name
G#m D# D#
Is where my soul you'll remainAnd I'll still know
G#m
And I can't swim
D#
But it's alright
A# D#
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
G#m D#
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
A# A#
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
D#
'Cause a good girl should
D# D#
When I meet the Lord so kind
D# D#
I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind
G#m G#m
And I'll tell him I wanna know why oh why
D# D#
he's so damned forgivin'
A#
My daddy won't look in my eyes
G#m D# D#
Momma knows the lies I'm living
G#m
oh, I can't swim
D#
But it's alright
A# D#
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
G#m D#
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
A# A#
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
D#
'Cause a good girl should
* The song can also be played using E, Am, and G7 instead of G, Cm, and A# (D7) with a
capo on the 2nd fret for it to sound like the original song.