{"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":1974343,"song":"American Rivers","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441924-american-rivers-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1974343?type=chord","rating":4.69568,"votes":3,"content":"Tom Russell - American Rivers\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nAin’t no more cane on the Brazos[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s all been ground down to molasses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, yeah, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\nI saw a red iron sunset\r\n\r\nFrom a rust iron bridge\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the Indian country[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf the mockingbird kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nI saw the moon in a boxcar\r\n\r\nBeing carried as freight\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough sixty-two winters [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough forty-eight states[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\nIn an old Chinese graveyard \r\n\r\nI slept in the weeds\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen a song and a story [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere all a kid needs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\nHear the rhymes and the rattles \r\n\r\nOf those runaway trains\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the songs of the cowboy [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sound of the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\nAnd it’s, \"Mom, I miss you\"\r\n\r\nI woke up and screamed\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAmerican rivers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoll deep through my dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's Colorado, yeah, Allegheny[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShenandoah, Susquehanny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the Wabash and the Hudson, the brave Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was a kid there, asleep in the sandy old water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, old water, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\nWe named ‘em for Indians \r\n\r\nOur guilt to forsake\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Delaware the Blackfoot [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Flathead the Snake[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\nNow they roll past casinos \r\n\r\nAnd old hamburger stands\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey’re all waving farewell [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the kid on the land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\nWith their jigsawed old arteries \r\n\r\nSo clogged and defiled\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo open heart miracle [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs gonna turn ’em back wild[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\nPast towns gone to bankers \r\n\r\nPast fields gone to seed\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll cut up and carved out [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo divided by greed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n\r\nAnd old grandfather catfish \r\n\r\nWith his whiskers so long\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd his life in a struggle [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the oxygen’s gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n\"Oh, mom, I miss you\", I woke up and screamed\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThese American rivers[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey poison my dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's Colorado, yeah, Allegheny[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShenandoah, Susquehanny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the Wabash and the Hudson, the brave Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was a kid there, I was asleep in the sandy old water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah, old water, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - American Rivers\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nI saw a red iron sunset\n\nFrom a rust iron bridge\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nI saw the moon in a boxcar\n\nBeing carried as freight\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nIn an old Chinese graveyard \n\nI slept in the weeds\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\nHear the rhymes and the rattles \n\nOf those runaway trains\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nAnd it’s, \"Mom, I miss you\"\n\nI woke up and screamed\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC  Bb  C  Bb     C \n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\nWe named ‘em for Indians \n\nOur guilt to forsake\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\nNow they roll past casinos \n\nAnd old hamburger stands\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\nWith their jigsawed old arteries \n\nSo clogged and defiled\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\nPast towns gone to bankers \n\nPast fields gone to seed\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\nAnd old grandfather catfish \n\nWith his whiskers so long\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\"Oh, mom, I miss you\", I woke up and screamed\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  Bb  C  Bb     C","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}