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Back Down The River

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Cmajor
90BPM
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Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Capo: 1st fret
Note: Suggest using 'variant chords' listed below for closer sound.
[Variant chords]
C x32010 (hammer on/off with x32013)
F xx3211 (hammer on/off with xx3210)
Em 022000 (hammer on/off with 022003)
Dm xx0231 (hammer on/off with xx0230)
[Intro]
C   F(x2)
[Verse]
CI know that we're goFing to be together, you and Cme
CFor more than a rhFyme or two, your time belongs to Cme
[Chorus]
EmRowing back down my river
DmChasing my tail to the sea;
EmRowing back down my river
DmTrying my best to be me
[Verse]
CWatching your crFazy ways and all the lazy dCays
CDigging you mFore and more, the more I see your faCce
[Chorus]
EmRowing back down my river
DmTrying my best to be free;
EmRowing back down my river
DmChasing my tail to the sea
[Verse]
CWatching the simFple things to help me grow alCong
CLoving the notes Fyou bring to help me sing my Csong
[Chorus]
EmRowing back down my river
DmTrying my best to be me;
EmRowing back down my river
DmSinging my songs to the sea
[Verse]
CI know that we're goFing to be together, you and Cme
CFor more than a tiFme or two, your rhymes belong to Cme
[Chorus]
EmRowing back down my river
DmChasing my tail to the sea;
EmRowing back down my river
DmTrying my best to be me
[Outro]
Em   Dm(x2)
Em Dm Dm C
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