The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Follow me down to the river, hey
Follow me out of the wood[C5]s
[Am]Follow me in, to wash away my sins

[Verse 2]
The view up here's no good
[Am]Follow me down to the river, hey
To follow me, here's no good
I'm goin' in, where the water lives

[Verse 3]
Couldn't stop me if you could
[Am]Follow me down to the river, hey
To follow me, here's no [A5]good
[Am]I'm goin' in, where the water lives
Couldn't stop me if you could

[Verse 4]
Take me [Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Where the [Eb]water's [A5]clean and
the [Am]blood runs red
Take me [Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Wash [D]me in the water,
take [G]me to the bottom
[G5]Take me

[Verse 5]
[Eb]down [Am]to the river
Where the [Eb]wa ter's c[A5]lean
and the [Am]blood runs red
Take me [Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Wash [D]me in the water, take [G]me to the [G5]bottom[Eb][C5][Am]
[A5][Eb][C5][G][Eb][C5][Am][C5][A5][Am][C5][A]
[Am]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Follow me down to the river, hey
Take a drink, it's good
Heaven knows,
where the water flows

[Verse 7]
The view from here's no good
[Am]Follow me down to the river, hey
Take a drink, it's [C5]good
[Am]Heaven knows,
where the water flows
The view from here's no [C5]good

[Verse 8]
[Am]Fol low me down to the river bed
Into the open waves
Come and cleanse at the
water's edge

[Verse 9]
And wash the stains away
[Am]Follow me down to the river bed
Into the open [C5]waves
[A5]Come [Am]and cleanse at the
water's edge
And wash the stains away
[A5]Take me

[Verse 10]
[Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Where the [Eb]water's [A5]clean,
and the [Am]blood runs red
Take me [Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Wash [D]me in the water,
take [G]me to the bottom
[D]Take me

[Verse 11]
[Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Where the [Eb]water's [A5]clean and
the [Am]blood runs [A5]red
Take me [Eb]down [A5]to the ri[Am]ver
Wash [D]me in the water, take [G]me to the [G5]bottom

[Outro 1]
[Eb][D]
[Am][Eb][C5][G5][Eb][D][Am][C5][D][Am][C5]
[A5][Am]