{"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":2080389,"song":"Down To The River","artist":"Ben Caplan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11452177-down-to-the-river-chords-by-ben-caplan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2080389?type=chord","rating":4.64464,"votes":35,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n   (following muted strum pattern on 5th fret for each bar)\r\ne|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|\r\nB|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|\r\nG|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|\r\nD|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|\r\nA|-x--|-0-h-1-1/3~--|---x----|---x----|-0-h-1-1/3~--|---x----|\r\nE|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n(strum intro pattern muted for Verse 1 only)\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI went down to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nFlowing out onto the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nOn my way to the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nLet the spirit swallow me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse 2]\r\n                [ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\ne|------------|\r\nB|------------|\r\nG|------------|\r\nD|------------|\r\nA|-0-h-1-1/3~-|\r\nE|------------|\r\n    I got low  down in the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n      e|------|\r\n      B|------|\r\n      G|------|\r\n      D|------|[/tab]\r\n[tab]      A|-/6~~-|\r\n      E|------|\r\nI let the current guide my bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI got 9 kinds of trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI'm just trying to find my way home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-3----------------------------------------|\r\nB|---4-6------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------3-5----3--------------------------|\r\nD|-------------5------3---------------------|\r\nA|------------------6------3/6-5-3----3-----|\r\nE|-----------------------6---------6--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOver 20 some years of living[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a thousand wasted days[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI have loved a lot of women[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMany times I've gone wrong ways[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I came down to the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor a dip to cleanse my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey keep telling me that I'm just a babe[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut baby why do I feel  so old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAh da da   da da da da[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nda da da da  da da daa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is the verge of a breakthrough[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a fine line that cannot be bent[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I felt like a river run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I don't know where all of the rainwater went[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I believe we were all dead or dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I see different in the blue light[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's daylight until it is night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n          N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nfight through the dimming[/tab]\r\n         N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrun into the winds[/tab]\r\n        N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nrage against the dying of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLive for the moment that's left[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n         N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nfight through the dimming[/tab]\r\n         N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrun into the winds[/tab]\r\n        N.C.\r\nYou gotta\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nrage against the dying of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Eb[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLive for the moment that's left us[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nthere is no such thing as a dying man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWe're alive till the moment we're dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd a drowning man is just a living man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho hasn't[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nrun out of his last bit of breath\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm/Ab[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm/Ab[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm/Ab[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Gm/Ab[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAh da da   da da da da[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nda da da da  da da daa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAh da da   da da da da[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nda da da da  da da daa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAh da da   da da da da[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nda da da da  da da daa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI went down to the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFlowing out onto the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOn my way to the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the spirit swallow me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI got low down in the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI let the current guide my bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI got 9 kinds of trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm just trying to find my way ho   -    me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFind my way ho    -    me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFind my way ho    -    me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nFind my way ho    -    me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-3----------------------------------3------|\r\nB|---4-6------------------------------4------|\r\nG|--------3-5----3--------------------5------|\r\nD|-------------5------3---------------5------|\r\nA|------------------6------3/6-5-3----3------|\r\nE|-----------------------6---------6--3------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| x   Dead note\r\n| h   Hammer-on\r\n| /   Slide up\r\n| \\   Slide down\r\n| ~   Vibrato\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n(strum intro pattern muted for Verse 1 only)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n          N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n         N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n        N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n         N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n         N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n        N.C.\nYou gotta\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nrun out of his last bit of breath\n\n[Solo]\nAb         Cm\nAb         Cm\nAb         Cm\nAb         Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab G\n\n[Break]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| x   Dead note\n| h   Hammer-on\n| /   Slide up\n| \\   Slide down\n| ~   Vibrato\n\n************************************","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Cm","Bb","Eb","F","C","Ab","Gm","Gm/Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}