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[Verse 1]
Dm
She said take your trouble to the river
C
Let the muddy water wash it away
G
If the truth don't float back up to the top
Dm
You can bid our love good day
Dm
So I took to the edge, I dove on in,
C
The current went and stole me away
G
Rocks and gravel, I ain't got a paddle
Dm
To dig my dying grave
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[Verse 2]
Dm
See a trail of tears come trickling down
C
Where the water's got a bitter taste
G
My heart is heavy and my boots ain't steady
Dm
And the waves keep slapping my face
Dm
I can hear her voice in the howling rain
C
Saying it's sink or swim
G
But the deed's all done, I'm going down
Dm
And I won't be back again
[Chorus]
G
God damn this river
Dm
And its wandering ways
Bb
And the love we made
F
Was shallow indeed
Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
A
And I ain't got a paddle
A N.C. Dm
Going up sh*t creek
[Verse 3]
Dm
There's a bend up ahead by the dead bulrushes
C
Where the cottonmouth coil and play
G
I've been floating by levies and rusted out Chevys
Dm
For now on fifteen days
Dm
In the fog, in the moon, in the Mississippi mud
C
Everywhere I see her face
G
But I'm only a pebble in the belly of the devil
Dm
In a godforsaken place
[Chorus]
G
God damn this river
Dm
And its wandering ways
Bb
And the love we made
F
Was shallow indeed
Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
A
And I ain't got a paddle
A N.C. Dm
Going up sh*t creek
[Interlude]
Dm
Gm
Lie la lie la lie la
Dm
Lie la lie la lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la lie la
F C
Lia la la Lie Lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la
G
Lie la lie la lie
A
Lie la lie la lie la
A A7
La Lie Li.......e
[Solo]
Dm C G Dm
Dm C G Dm
Gm Dm Bb F C
Bb G A A
[Verse 4]
Dm
So I reach for the reeds and the roots of the willows
C
That rise like a ghost from the bank
G
Hear the roar and the crash of every lost soul
Dm
That sprung a leak and sank
Dm
When my body is a bag of broken bones
C
With a farewell breath I call
G
God damn you lover there will never be another
Dm
And it's over the waterfall
[Chorus]
G
God damn this river
Dm
And its wicked ways
Bb
And the love we made
F
Was bittersweet
Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
A
And I ain't got a paddle
[Chorus]
G
I say God damn this river
Dm
And its wandering ways
Bb
And the love we made
F
Was shallow indeed
Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
A
And I ain't got a paddle
A N.C. Dm
Going up sh*t creek
[Outro]
Dm
Gm
Lie la lie la lie la
Dm
Lie la lie la lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la lie la
F C
Lia la la Lie Lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la
G
Lie la lie la lie
A
Lie la lie la lie la
A A
La Lie Li.......e
