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Pulp
Down By The River
(Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks) 
Chords :
 Bm: X24432
Bm2: X24430
 Em: 022000
 F#: 244322
Riff :
	   	       BmBm2	   Em  
e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10------10-------
B -----------------------------12------12---
	   	       BmBm2	   F#  
e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10---------------
B -----------------------------12--14-------
	   	       BmBm2	   Em  
e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10------10-------
B -----------------------------12------12---
e ---------F#--------Bm-------------------------
B ---------14---14---14----15--14--12-------
	Bm2	    		 Em  Bm  
Take me down to the river
	     Bm2		     F#  Bm  
Where I would not go before
	    Bm2		 Em  
Through the trees and the rushes
F#To a plBmace we both know
And I'm feeling much younger
As I kneel on the ground
Dip my toe in the water
Of the river where I watched you drown
Na da da, na na na na, na na na 
EmOh, when thBme river ran dry that next year
EmI could noBmt find your body
EmNow I'm stBmanding here ready at last
To F#dive down Bmand reach you again 
      Bm2	 	      Em  Bm  
And I long to be with you
	  Bm2		   	      F#  Bm  
Now these cold nights have come
	Bm2	    Em  
Oh I go down to the river
BC#ut the Criver wBmill stop for no-one
ThC#ough I Cask iBmt, it keeps flowing on
When I C#ask it, it Ctells Bmme you're gone.

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Down By The River

by Pulp

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Pulp

Down By The River

(Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks)

Chords :

: X24432

Bm2: X24430

: 022000

: 244322

Riff :

Bm Em

Bm2

e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10------10-------

B -----------------------------12------12---

Bm F#

Bm2

e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10---------------

B -----------------------------12--14-------

Bm Em

Bm2

e ---14-12-14----12-10-12--10------10-------

B -----------------------------12------12---

F# Bm

e ------------------------------------------

B ---------14---14---14----15--14--12-------

Em Bm

Bm2

Take me down to the river

F# Bm

Bm2

Where I would not go before

Bm2

Through the trees and the rushes

F# Bm

To a place we both know

And I'm feeling much younger

As I kneel on the ground

Dip my toe in the water

Of the river where I watched you drown

Na da da, na na na na, na na na

Em Bm

Oh, when the river ran dry that next year

Em Bm

I could not find your body

Em Bm

Now I'm standing here ready at last

F# Bm

To dive down and reach you again

Em Bm

Bm2

And I long to be with you

F# Bm

Bm2

Now these cold nights have come

Bm2

Oh I go down to the river

C# C Bm

But the river will stop for no-one

C# C Bm

Though I ask it, it keeps flowing on

C# C Bm

When I ask it, it tells me you're gone.

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