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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1940059,"song":"A Bend In The River","artist":"Mark Erelli","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433836-a-bend-in-the-river-chords-by-mark-erelli/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1940059?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Mark Erelli - A Bend In The River\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's just a bend in the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the water slows down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt might not look like much to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it's my hometown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt ain't no mystery[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHow this town was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt started with a couple farms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThen the mill and the general store[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEver since the work went south[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd those wheels don't run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe bars got the churches beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBy at least two to one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I've lived 'round here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEver since I was a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI used to dream of getting out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJust like those college boys did[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut maybe (D)I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWithout a rambling bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou stay in one place long enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it starts to feel like home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got married here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt'll be two years this spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can see her in her mama's white dress[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nEvery time I hear the church bell ring[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know some folks say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat she could do better than me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she was raising a girl on her own[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd she was only nineteen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't get 'dm everything they want[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I try to give 'dm what they need[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow and then I pull a graveyard shift[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDown at the factory[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I see that little girl smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPlaying in our backyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord, it makes it all worthwhile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt keeps me going when the going gets hard[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n\r\n                       **Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's changing every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe signs are all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne more field gone to seed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnother barn falling down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMain Street's all boarded up[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody cares, I guess[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's a place on the edge of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThat's selling everything for less[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes in my dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see the waters rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe river jumps its banks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd this town is purified[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEverything is washed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClear to the county line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we can start all over again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe do a little better next time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's just a bend in the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere the water slows down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt might not look like much to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it's our hometown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's just a bend in the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere the water slows down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt might not look like much to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it's our hometown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Mark Erelli - A Bend In The River\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nDm G C\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm  G  C  Am  Em  A7\n\n                       **Key Change - Up 2 Semitones**\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm  A7  D","chords":["A","Dm","G","C","F","Am","G7","D","Em","A7","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}