D G A Bm D G A D


[Verse 1]
D                             G
baby's gone and i don't know why
     A               Bm
she headed out this morning
                              G
like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
     A               D
she left me without warning

[Verse 2]
D                             G
sooner than the dogs could bark
A               Bm
faster than the sun rose
                              G
down to the banks in an old mule cart
     A               D
she took a flat boat 'cross the shallows

[Chorus]
               G
left me in my tears to drown
     A             Bm
she left a baby daughter
                                   G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
       A              D
she's crossing muddy waters

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
D                             G
tobacco standing in the fields
  A               Bm
be rotten come november
                              G
and a bitter heart will not reveal
     A               D
a spring that love remembers

[Verse 4]
D                                G
when that sweet brown girl of mine
 A           Bm
hair black as a raven
                                  G
we broke the bread and drank the wine
        A                   D
from a jug that she'd been saving

[Chords]
               G
left me in my tears to drown
     A             Bm
she left a baby daughter
                                   G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
       A              D
she's crossing muddy waters

[Instrumental]
D G A Bm G A D

[Verse 5]
D                                 G
baby's crying and the daylight's gone
A                       Bm
that big oak tree is groaning
      D                          G
in a rush of wind and a river song
       A                  D
i can hear my true love moaning
D               G
crying for her baby child
          A              Bm
oooooooh crying for her husband
                  D    G
crying for that rivers wild
     A                 D
to take her from her loved ones

[Chorus]
               G
left me in my tears to drown
     A             Bm
she left a baby daughter
                                   G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
       A              D
she's crossing muddy waters
                                   G
now the river's wide and deep and brown
       A              D
she's crossing muddy waters