G C

         G           C          G
Going to lay down my heavy load down by the riverside.


[Verse]

      G           C          G
Gonna lay down my heavy load down by the riverside,
D                      G
down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
            C          G                      D                G
Lay down my heavy load down by the riverside, down by the riverside.


[Bridge]

          C
O I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
        D             G
I ain’t study o war no o war no more.
              C
Well, I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
        D              G
I ain’t study o war no more.


[Verse 2]

G              C         G                      D                      G
Meet my lovin’ mommy now down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
G              C         G                      D                G
Meet my lovin’ mommy now down by the riverside, down by the riverside.


[Bridge 2]

          C
O I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
     D             G
Goin study o war no o war no more.
              C
Well, I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
        D              G
I ain’t study o war no more.


[Verse 3]

G           C          G                      D                      G
Lay down my burden now down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
G               C          G                      D                G
Lay down my old burden now down by the riverside, down by the riverside.


[Bridge 3]

          C
O I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
        D             G
I ain’t study o war no o war no more.
              C
Well, I ain’t study war no more,
        G
I ain’t study war no more,
        D              G   C G
I ain’t study o war no more.