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"Down To The River"
by:  Pat Green and Kirk Zander
Album:  Dancehall Dreamer & Here We Go - The Live Album
Capo:  3rd Fret
 G(mute)
Take me down to the river
Where I can hold your body close to miDne
We'd listCen to the rhythmD  
Of thaCt old water rollinD  
You can stay Cwith me until thDe morning lightG  
GI found you in a Louisiana roadside park
Beat up, broke down no place left to turnD  
I tCook you back to Texas Dunder a harveCst mooDn
We founCd a little place to caDll our owGn
GWe shared all the hopes and dreams of our younger years
Married at the tender age of twenty-onDe
CRollin' down the highwDays, dirt roads and Cthe bywaysD  
CWould you like to drive so I Dwould go shotgunG  
[Chorus]
GWe'd go down to the river
Where I could hold your body close to mineD  
We'd listCen to the rhytDhm
Of thaCt old water rollinD  
You can stay Cwith me until thDe morning lightG  
GSomewhere through the year somebody turned your head
And has taken my sweet love so far from meD  
Yeah he swept Cyou off to BoulderD  
Where the air iCt gets much colderD  
Than this southerCn boy would ever Dlike to seGe
GI think of calling you on lonely nights
When being alone gets the best of mDe
Yeah but this Chere whiskey bottleD  
Will takCe me to a plDace
CWhere you and I wiDll always Gbe
[Chorus]
When you cAame back home everybody said I was a fool 
'Cause I took you back without a word to sayE  
But I cDouldn't go on living thinkEin' about all I Dwas missin'E  
And I donD?t give a damn about what tEhose people sayA.
[Chorus]
We'd go down tAo the river
Where I could hold your body close to mineE  
We'd listDen to the rhytEhm
Of thaDt old water rollinE  
You can stay Dwith me until thEe morning lightA  
I wanna gAo down to the river
Take me down Ato the river
I wanna gAo down to the river
A-E-   D  A-E-D  

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Down To The River

by Pat Green

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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"Down To The River"

by: Pat Green and Kirk Zander

Album: Dancehall Dreamer & Here We Go - The Live Album

Capo: 3rd Fret

(mute)

Take me down to the river

Where I can hold your body close to mine

C D

We'd listen to the rhythm

C D

Of that old water rollin

C D G

You can stay with me until the morning light

I found you in a Louisiana roadside park

Beat up, broke down no place left to turn

C D C D

I took you back to Texas under a harvest moon

C D G

We found a little place to call our own

We shared all the hopes and dreams of our younger years

Married at the tender age of twenty-one

C D C D

Rollin' down the highways, dirt roads and the byways

C D G

Would you like to drive so I would go shotgun

[Chorus]

We'd go down to the river

Where I could hold your body close to mine

C D

We'd listen to the rhythm

C D

Of that old water rollin

C D G

You can stay with me until the morning light

Somewhere through the year somebody turned your head

And has taken my sweet love so far from me

C D

Yeah he swept you off to Boulder

C D

Where the air it gets much colder

C D G

Than this southern boy would ever like to see

I think of calling you on lonely nights

When being alone gets the best of me

C D

Yeah but this here whiskey bottle

C D

Will take me to a place

C D G

Where you and I will always be

[Chorus]

When you came back home everybody said I was a fool

'Cause I took you back without a word to say

D E D E

But I couldn't go on living thinkin' about all I was missin'

D E A

And I don?t give a damn about what those people say.

[Chorus]

We'd go down to the river

Where I could hold your body close to mine

D E

We'd listen to the rhythm

D E

Of that old water rollin

D E A

You can stay with me until the morning light

I wanna go down to the river

Take me down to the river

I wanna go down to the river

E D A E D

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