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River Runs Red

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[Verse]
The thiDrty-first day of DCecember
Three tGhousand dressed in blue and gDray
All Dsons of the Heavenly FaCther
GLay in a watery gravDe
And the river runs redC  G  
The river runs redD  C  G  D  
[Verse]
One sDhot woke the Tennessee moCrnin'
Soon fGire and smoke filled the sDky
DThen rain came down with no waCrning
GAs sorrow fell down from all siDdes
[Chorus]
The river runs rDed 
The river runs Am/Cred 
No winners or losersG  
When you count the deadD  
We watch it roll by,D  
We all bow our heads,Am/C  
The guns have gone silentG  
But the river runs redD  C  G  
D  C  G  D
[Verse]
Now RDogers was from AlCabama
And TGhomas an old New York tDown
But sDoon they would die like blood brCothers
In the sGtream where their souls would flow dDown
[Chorus]
The river runs redD  
The river runs Am/Cred
No winners or losersG  
When you count the deadD  
We watch it roll by,D  
We all bow our heads,Am/C  
The guns have gone silentG  
But the river runs redC  G  D  
[Bridge]
Some saFy you could see round for Gmiles
And it flowed that way so many yDears
Now the waFter looks clean and uGntainted
But Stones River will never run cGlear
The river runs redD  
The river runs Am/Cred
No winners or losersG  
When you count the deadD  
We watch it roll by,D  
We all bow our heads,Am/C  
The guns have gone silentG  
But the river runs redD  C  G  
D  C  G  D

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River Runs Red

by The SteelDrivers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Am/C

[Verse]

D C

The thirty-first day of December

G D

Three thousand dressed in blue and gray

D C

All sons of the Heavenly Father

G D

Lay in a watery grave

C G

And the river runs red

D C G D

The river runs red

[Verse]

D C

One shot woke the Tennessee mornin'

G D

Soon fire and smoke filled the sky

D C

Then rain came down with no warning

G D

As sorrow fell down from all sides

[Chorus]

The river runs red

Am/C

The river runs red

No winners or losers

When you count the dead

We watch it roll by,

Am/C

We all bow our heads,

The guns have gone silent

D C G

But the river runs red

D C G D

[Verse]

D C

Now Rogers was from Alabama

G D

And Thomas an old New York town

D C

But soon they would die like blood brothers

G D

In the stream where their souls would flow down

[Chorus]

The river runs red

Am/C

The river runs red

No winners or losers

When you count the dead

We watch it roll by,

Am/C

We all bow our heads,

The guns have gone silent

C G D

But the river runs red

[Bridge]

F G

Some say you could see round for miles

And it flowed that way so many years

F G

Now the water looks clean and untainted

But Stones River will never run clear

The river runs red

Am/C

The river runs red

No winners or losers

When you count the dead

We watch it roll by,

Am/C

We all bow our heads,

The guns have gone silent

D C G

But the river runs red

D C G D

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