{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1501868,"song":"Cotton Mouth River","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276183-cotton-mouth-river-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1501868?type=chord","rating":4.65664,"votes":20,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I know that I shouldn't have done it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know that it just wasn't right[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause they got me backed up to the Cotton Mouth River[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't cross late at night[/tab]\r\n  \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cotton Mouth River[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey tell them time and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd never were heard from again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf I had my life to live over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd a gone to work that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G/F#[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nInstead of going into town and shooting him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a thing I never heard him say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cotton Mouth River[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey tell them time and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd never were heard from again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I just made it through the cane break[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I got one foot in the mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]G/F#[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI can hear the hounds a-baying but the snake around my ankle's[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTelling me my running days are done[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cotton Mouth River[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey tell them time and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd never were heard from again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cotton Mouth River[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey tell them time and again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd never were heard from again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n  \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Em","C","D","G/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}