{"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":1686428,"song":"Old Rivers","artist":"Walter Brennan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11353514-old-rivers-chords-by-walter-brennan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1686428?type=chord","rating":4.66959,"votes":17,"content":"Old Rivers: Walter Brennan\r\n#2 Easy Listening, #3 Country and #5 on BB\r\nHot 100 on LIBERTY Records in 1962.\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow old was I when I first seen old Rivers?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can't remember when he weren't around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, that old fellow did a heap of work.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSpent his whole life walking plowed ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had a one-room shack not far from us..[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand well, we was about as poor as him.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had one old mule he called Midnight..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand I'd trailed along after them.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe used to plow them rows straight and deep..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand I'd come along near behind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA-bustin' up clods with my own bare feet..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOld Rivers was a friend of mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat sun'd get high and that mule would work..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\ntill old Rivers'd finally say, \"Whoa!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe'd wipe his brow, lean back on the reins[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand talk about a place he was gonna go.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd say, one of these days I'm gonna climb that mountain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk up there, among them clouds, where the cotton's high.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the corn's a-growin' and there ain't no fields to plow.[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE:\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got a letter today from the folks back home and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nthey're all fine and crops is dry.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDown at the end my mama said, \"Son, you know old [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nRivers died.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n#6.\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust sittin' here now on this new-plowed earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\ntrying to find me a little shade.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith the sun beating down 'cross the field I see,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthat mule, old Rivers and me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe'd say, one of these days I'm gonna climb that mountain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWalk up there, among the clouds, where the cotton's high.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]C#[/ch]                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the corn's a-growin' and there ain't no fields to plow.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith the sun beating down 'cross the fields I see..[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthat mule, old Rivers, and me..[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Old Rivers: Walter Brennan\n#2 Easy Listening, #3 Country and #5 on BB\nHot 100 on LIBERTY Records in 1962.\n\nINTRO:\nA D A\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE:\nA B\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n#6.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","D","E","B","F#","C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}