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Dont Cross The River

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[Intro]
|    D|    G|    D|    G|
|    D|    G|    A|    A|
|    G|    G|   Em|   Em|
|   Em|   Em|
[Verse]
  EmThere's a little girl out lyin' Aon her own
  F#mShe's got a broken Bmheart
  EmShe's not the kind to take you Adown for long
  F#mShe knows and plays it Bmsmart
(EmAh) And if she's Acomin' sF#mhe's showed no Bmmark
  EmShe's heard no Awhistle blowinF#m' from the Bmdark
  EmShe feels like Aleavin' and she F#mdon't know Bmwhy
  EmWithout no bridges she's trappedA, so I sigh
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide
  DDon't try deGnyin' livin' Don the other Gside
All your Alife 
You were Gon Cyour Gown
[Bridge]
G Em F#m  Bm
BmIf you want you can Gride my Dtrain
And F#msoon forget the reason that you're Dleaving
GLose yourEm7self and Athen someDtime
DMaybe even D7save yourself some Ggrievin'
Em7Oh, Aoh, F#m7oh,  BmohEm7  A7  D  
[Chorus]
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide
  DDon't try deGnyin' livin' Don the other Gside
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide
  DDon't try deGnyin' livin' Don the other Gside
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide
  DDon't cross the Griver if you Dcan't swim the Gtide 
(fade out)
[Optional Ending]
(For live version, after last "Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side" line)
|   Em    F#m|   G    A|   D   Dsus2| D  

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Dont Cross The River

by America

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Em7

F#m7

Dsus2

[Intro]

D G D G

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D G A A

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G G Em Em

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Em Em

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[Verse]

Em A

There's a little girl out lyin' on her own

F#m Bm

She's got a broken heart

Em A

She's not the kind to take you down for long

F#m Bm

She knows and plays it smart

Em A F#m Bm

(Ah) And if she's comin' she's showed no mark

Em A F#m Bm

She's heard no whistle blowin' from the dark

Em A F#m Bm

She feels like leavin' and she don't know why

Em A

Without no bridges she's trapped, so I sigh

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

D G D G

Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side

All your life

G C G

You were on your own

[Bridge]

G Em F#m Bm

Bm G D

If you want you can ride my train

F#m D

And soon forget the reason that you're leaving

G Em7 A D

Lose yourself and then sometime

D D7 G

Maybe even save yourself some grievin'

Em7 A F#m7 Bm Em7 A7 D

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Chorus]

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

D G D G

Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

D G D G

Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

D G D G

Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide

(fade out)

[Optional Ending]

(For live version, after last "Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side" line)

Em F#m G A D Dsus2 D

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