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Red River

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C#minor

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Tuning: Down a half step
Intro
A5  Ab5  F#5  Ab5  E
Verse
EThis is what life is like on the C#mground
AI had a brother who was stationed up in northern hill county, 
Eno he never really came B5home
EWe drove out east to red river to see the C#mhigh water flow
That rAiver was running just searching for an ocean
The fEreedom he'd never kB5nown
That feC#meling you get when the wind is blowing like
your whoAle life is starting over
We made our peEace there in the no mans lB5and
where we come A5from
Chorus
Ive been Esearching for
The waves that cC#married us home
To the oAcean we all came from
Where we wEont be retB5urned
Ive been sEearching for
The waves that cC#married us home
To the oAcean we all came from
Where we wEont be disB5solved
into oAne
Verse
ELike a simple animal running on broken lC#megs that night
His vAoice was splintering rising, falling to a fEate 
he'll never get oB5ut
EFrom spokane all the way across montana C#mout to the blood reserve
ABlack levis jacket knocking them beers back on the 
Ebank of that rB5iver
C#mUnderneath September skies in sAouth US border
he made his peEace there 
just after his bB5oots 
filled up with wAater
Chorus
Ive been Esearching for
The waves that cC#married us home
To the oAcean we all came from
Where we wEont be retB5urned
Ive been sEearching for
The waves that cC#married us home
To the oAcean we all came from
Where we wEont be disB5solved
EWaves will wash away 
the miC#msguided vision
AGlory in a battlefield 
of a thoEusand corB5pses
Ive been sEearching for
The waves that cC#married us home
To the oAcean we all came from
Where we wEont be disB5solved
AOut of Ab5the rainF#5  Ab5  E  

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Red River

by Rocky Votolato

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Ab5

F#5

C#m

Tuning: Down a half step

Intro

A5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 E

Verse

E C#m

This is what life is like on the ground

I had a brother who was stationed up in northern hill county,

E B5

no he never really came home

E C#m

We drove out east to red river to see the high water flow

That river was running just searching for an ocean

E B5

The freedom he'd never known

C#m

That feeling you get when the wind is blowing like

your whole life is starting over

E B5

We made our peace there in the no mans land

where we come from

Chorus

Ive been searching for

C#m

The waves that carried us home

To the ocean we all came from

E B5

Where we wont be returned

Ive been searching for

C#m

The waves that carried us home

To the ocean we all came from

E B5

Where we wont be dissolved

into one

Verse

E C#m

Like a simple animal running on broken legs that night

A E

His voice was splintering rising, falling to a fate

he'll never get out

E C#m

From spokane all the way across montana out to the blood reserve

Black levis jacket knocking them beers back on the

E B5

bank of that river

C#m A

Underneath September skies in south US border

he made his peace there

just after his boots

filled up with water

Chorus

Ive been searching for

C#m

The waves that carried us home

To the ocean we all came from

E B5

Where we wont be returned

Ive been searching for

C#m

The waves that carried us home

To the ocean we all came from

E B5

Where we wont be dissolved

Waves will wash away

C#m

the misguided vision

Glory in a battlefield

E B5

of a thousand corpses

Ive been searching for

C#m

The waves that carried us home

To the ocean we all came from

E B5

Where we wont be dissolved

A Ab5 F#5 Ab5 E

Out of the rain

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