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
Gm Gm
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
D D
Til I'm born again tomorrow
A
Oh to get over my head
Gm 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
Gm Gm
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
Gm D
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
Gm
And I can't swim
D
But it's alright
A D
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Gm 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
Gm Gm
So if I don't come back again
D D
Go lie beneath the willow
A
'Cause where I carved my name
Gm D D
Is where my soul you'll remainAnd I'll still know
Gm
And I can't swim
D
But it's alright
A D
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Gm 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
Gm Gm
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
Gm D D
Momma knows the lies I'm living
Gm
oh, I can't swim
D
But it's alright
A D
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Gm 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 F#7 instead of G, Cm, and A (D7) with a
capo on the 2nd fret for it to sound like the original song.