{"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":2319151,"song":"Frank Sorgea - Push The River","artist":"Misc Originals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11483593-frank-sorgea-push-the-river-chords-by-misc-originals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2319151?type=chord","rating":0.13401,"votes":0,"content":"PUSH THE RIVER\r\nFrank D. Sorgea\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey came in 1849 and settled on the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith visions of great fortune[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey could scoop up with their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey settled in the valleys and they worked the mills and streams[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey built hotels, saloons and factories along the inland sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey built rails from east to west they did across the northern plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDrove the natives to oblivion never to arise again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey killed the mighty buffalo in the name of destiny[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou see the west was calling to them along the inland sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you can’t push a river when that river's running free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo, you can’t push a river on its journey to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was a wise man he once told me you can’t push a river, son[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo, you can’t push a river - when that river wants to run[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe Okies came in thirty two when their land was blew away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were headed west to California along the great highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey settled in the valleys, picked the fruit from off the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey built their homes and raised their kids they did along the inland sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey built dams up on the rivers, they put levees on the streams[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’ve been trying to push the river just to keep up with their dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the river rose in fifty five and she’s rising once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo crush the hopes and flood the folks who live along the inland sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut you can’t push a river when that river's running free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo, you can’t push a river on its journey to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was a wise man he once told me - you can’t push a river, son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo, you can’t push a river - when that river wants to run[/tab]","plain_text":"PUSH THE RIVER\nFrank D. Sorgea\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\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]","chords":["D","C","F","Am","G"],"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]}}}