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Down To The River

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Step 1 / 49Position: 1
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
[Intro]
(following muted strum pattern on 5th fret for each bar)
e|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|
B|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|
G|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|
D|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|
A|-x--|-0-h-1-1/3~--|---x----|---x----|-0-h-1-1/3~--|---x----|
E|-x--|-------------|---x----|---x----|-------------|---x----|
[Verse 1]
(strum intro pattern muted for Verse 1 only)
CmI went down to the river
CmFlowing out onto the sea
CmOn my way to the ocean
CmLet the spirit swallow me
[Verse 2]
e|------------|Cm  Bb  
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|-0-h-1-1/3~-|
E|------------|
I got low down in the water
e|------|Eb  F  
B|------|
G|------|
D|------|
A|-/6~~-|
E|------|
I let the current guide my bones
I got Cm9 kinds of Bbtrouble
I'm just Ftrying to find Bbmy way Cmhome
e|-3----------------------------------------|
B|---4-6------------------------------------|
G|--------3-5----3--------------------------|
D|-------------5------3---------------------|
A|------------------6------3/6-5-3----3-----|
E|-----------------------6---------6--------|
[Verse 3]
Over Cm20 some years of Bbliving
And a tEbhousand wasted Fdays
I have Cmloved a lot of Bbwomen
Many tFimes I've gone wrong ways
[Verse 4]
And I Cmcame down to the Bbwater
For a dEbip to cleanse my Fsoul
They keep Cmtelling me that I'm jBbust a babe
But baby Fwhy do I feel Bbso Cmold
[Break]
CmAh da da Bbda da da da
Ebda da da da Fda da daa
[Verse 5]
CmThis is the verge of a Fbreakthrough
It's a Ebfine line that cannot be Gbent
And I Cmfelt like a river run Fdry
But I don't know where Eball of the rainwater Gwent
[Verse 6]
And I bCmelieve we were all dead or Fdying
But I see dEbifferent in the blue lGight
There is nCmo such thing as a Fdawn or a dusk
It's dEbaylight until it is Gnight
[Verse 7]
N.C.
You gotta
fighCmt through the Fdimming
N.C.
You gotta
run Ebinto the Gwinds
N.C.
You gotta
ragCme against the dying of Fthe light
LEbive for the moment that's lGeft
[Verse 8]
N.C.
You gotta
fighCmt through the Fdimming
N.C.
You gotta
run Ebinto the Gwinds
N.C.
You gotta
ragCme against the dying of Fthe light
LEbive for the moment that's lGeft us
[Bridge]
there is Abno such thing as a dying man
We're Cmalive till the moment we're dead
And a dAbrowning man is just a living man
Who hGasn't
N.C.
run out of his last bit of breath
[Solo]
Ab Cm
Ab Cm
Ab Cm
Ab Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab Gm Gm/Ab G
[Break]
CmAh da da Bbda da da da
Ebda da da da Fda da daa
CmAh da da Bbda da da da
Ebda da da da Fda da daa
CmAh da da Bbda da da da
Ebda da da da Fda da daa
[Verse 9]
I went Cmdown to the rBbiver
Flowing Ebout onto the Fsea
On my Cmway to the Bbocean
Let the sFpirit swallow me
[Verse 10]
I got Cmlow down in the Bbwater
I let the cEburrent guide my Fbones
I got Cm9 kinds of tBbrouble
I'm just Ftrying to find mBby way Cmho Bb- Ebme
[Outro]
FFind my way Cmho Bb- EbmeF  
FFind my way Cmho Bb- EbmeF  
FFind my way Cmho Bb- EbmeF  Cm  
e|-3----------------------------------3------|
B|---4-6------------------------------4------|
G|--------3-5----3--------------------5------|
D|-------------5------3---------------5------|
A|------------------6------3/6-5-3----3------|
E|-----------------------6---------6--3------|
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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