{"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":770738,"song":"Black River Killer","artist":"Blitzen Trapper","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11590310-black-river-killer-chords-by-blitzen-trapper/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/770738?type=chord","rating":4.98312,"votes":308,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was just a little while past the sunset strip[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey found the girl’s body in an open pit[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHer mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGazing through the fog to the other side[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust gazing at the marks on the opposite wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRemembering the music of my lover’s call[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo you make no mistake I know just what it takes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they say it’s never too late to start again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the keys to the kingdom be mine again?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was dark as the grave, it was just about three[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the warden with his key came to set me free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pistol and a hat and a worn out flute[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I took a bus down to the Rio Grande[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I shot a man down on the edge of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen I stole me a horse and I rode it around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til the sheriff pulled me in and he sat me down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo you make no mistake I know just what it takes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they say it’s never too late to start again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the keys to the kingdom be mine again?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I took the first train up to Oregon[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I killed the first man that I came upon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause the devil works quick, you know it don’t take long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen I went to the river ford to take a swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know that black river water is as black as sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I washed myself clean as a newborn babe[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the keys to the kingdom be mine again?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill that black river water wash me clean again?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh when, oh when[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill the keys to the kingdom be mine again?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","Em","C","G","D","A"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}