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Too Many Rivers
written by Harlan Howard
Thanks to Classic Country Site for Chords
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of G
I E7wish I could come back to A7you love
I Cknow that D7you want me GtoD7  
But E7too much water's run A7under this old bridge
There's Ctoo many D7rivers Gbetween me and Gyou
There's E7too many rivers to A7cross babe
CToo many D7dreams have been GlostD7  
And there's E7too many long nights A7I've turned and tossed
There's Ctoo many D7rivers to Gcross
Now don't E7think for a moment
I A7blame only you we Cboth killed the D7fruit on the Gvine
And when you E7try to put love back A7together
There's Calways a D7few little pieces you Gcan't find
There's just E7too many rivers to A7cross babe
CToo many D7dreams have been Glost
And there's E7too many long nights A7I've turned and tossed
There's Ctoo many D7rivers to Gcross
There's E7too many long nights A7I've turned and tossed
There's Ctoo many D7rivers to Gcross

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Too Many Rivers

by The Statler Brothers

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

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Too Many Rivers

written by Harlan Howard

Thanks to Classic Country Site for Chords

Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of G

E7 A7

I wish I could come back to you love

C D7 G D7

I know that you want me to

E7 A7

But too much water's run under this old bridge

C D7 G G

There's too many rivers between me and you

E7 A7

There's too many rivers to cross babe

C D7 G D7

Too many dreams have been lost

E7 A7

And there's too many long nights I've turned and tossed

C D7 G

There's too many rivers to cross

Now don't think for a moment

A7 C D7 G

I blame only you we both killed the fruit on the vine

E7 A7

And when you try to put love back together

C D7 G

There's always a few little pieces you can't find

E7 A7

There's just too many rivers to cross babe

C D7 G

Too many dreams have been lost

E7 A7

And there's too many long nights I've turned and tossed

C D7 G

There's too many rivers to cross

E7 A7

There's too many long nights I've turned and tossed

C D7 G

There's too many rivers to cross

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