C/G = 3x2013
^ = Emphasise the beats N.C. = No chords
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[Intro]
G G7 C C/B A7
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G B7 Em Em/D A Cm
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[Verse 1]
G C/G G C/G G C/G G
| / / / / | There's a river in a canyon,
C/G G C/G G
Near the town where I was born,
C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
Where the grass is always greener than any other place I've known,
C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
And my heart is filled with sorrow, in my mind I feel the pain,
C/G G G7 C G D7 G
For I know that by to - morrow I won't see that place a - gain
G
Come on, everybody, yeah!
[Chorus]
G G7 C C/B A7
Tell all the people, yeah, yeah,
G B7 Em Em/D
Then your mother, I've seen better days,
A Cm G G7 C C/B A7
A -there's no reason ...why I'd go on living, no,
G B7 Em Em/D A
Tell your mother I've seen better days, ...yes, I have,
Cm G C/G G
Yes, I've seen better days
[Verse 2]
C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
There's a woman I re - member, that I loved some years a - go,
C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G
And I met her in that canyon, and we watched the river flow,
C/G G C/G G
And she told me that she loved me,
C/G G C/G G
And I be - lieved in what she said,
C/G G G7 C G
But when I found she loved a - nother I sat her down,
D7 G
And I shot her dead (Ah, come on, everybody, getcha!)
[Chorus]
G G7
(Ah----!) Hey! (Ah-ah, ah----!)
G7 C C/B A7
Hmmm, tell all the people, yeah,
G B7 Em Em/D
Tell your mother, I've seen better days------,
A Cm G G7 C C/B A7
Ah, there's no reason ...oh, why I'd go on living, no, no,
G B7 Em Em/D A
Oh, tell your mother I've seen better days, ...yes, I have,
Cm D7 D7sus4 D7
Yes, I've seen better days, umm-umm, woh-oh, oh - oh! Oh - oh!
[Coda]
G G7 C C/B A7
Oh, oh-oh, oh! A -goin' right down to the river, ...hey, yeah,
G B7 Em Em/D
Tell your mother, yeah, I've seen ...I've seen better days,
A Cm G G7
Yes, I have, a -come on, tell... come on tell her,
G7 C C/B A7
I'm goin' right back down to the river, a -yeah -yeah, yeah,
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G B7 Em Em/D A Cm
Tell your mother, that I've seen better days-----, oh, yes, I have,
G D7 N.C.
Tell your mother, ...that I've seen ...better...
[Coda]
D# Cm G# Fm D#
...days! (Ah - ah---! Ah - ah---! Ah - ah---! Ah - ah, ah------!)
