Down By The River Chords by Albert Hammond
Tempo:
95.65 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
G
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
City life was [Eb] getting us down, so we [F] spent a weekend [Bb] out of town.
[G] Fetched a tent on [C] a patch of ground, [F] down by the [Bb] river.
[Bb] Lit a fire [Eb] and drank some wine, [F] you put your jeans on top of mine.
[Gm] Said come in, [C] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Down by [Eb] the river, [F] down by the river.
[Gm] Said come in, [Cm] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Didn't [Eb] feel too good all night, [F] so we took a walk [Bb] in the morning [Gm] light.
Came [C] across a stranger's [F] sight, down [Bb] by the river.
Silver [Eb] finish lay on its [F] side, it was washed up [Bb] by the early [Gm] tide.
I [Cm] wonder how it [F] died, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Silver [Cm] finish lay on its [F] side, down [Bb] by the river.
Dr.
[Eb] Pudder spoke to [F] bed, he dozed us [Bb] up and he shook his [Gm] head.
Only foolish [C] people go, he [F] said, down [Bb] by the river.
Why [Eb] do those weeps, said [F] he, because they're [Bb] dying gradually.
[Gm] From the waste [Cm] from the [F] factories, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Why [Cm] do those weeps, said [F] he, down [Bb] by the river.
[C] In time the [F] river banks will [G] die and the rivers will [C] wilt and the ducks won't [A] fly.
There'll be a [Dm] tear in the otter's [G] eye, down by the river.
[C] The banks will [D] soon be black and [G] dead, and where the [C] otter rains it [A] pays.
There'll be a clean [G] white stud instead, down [C] by the river.
Down [D] by the river, [G] [C] [Am] the banks will [Dm] soon be black and [G] dead.
Down [C] by the river, down by [Am] the river.
[G] Down by [C] the river, [Em] the banks will soon [Dm] be black and dead.
[G] Down by the river.
[C] [Am] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Am] [G] [C]
[N]
[G] Fetched a tent on [C] a patch of ground, [F] down by the [Bb] river.
[Bb] Lit a fire [Eb] and drank some wine, [F] you put your jeans on top of mine.
[Gm] Said come in, [C] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Down by [Eb] the river, [F] down by the river.
[Gm] Said come in, [Cm] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Didn't [Eb] feel too good all night, [F] so we took a walk [Bb] in the morning [Gm] light.
Came [C] across a stranger's [F] sight, down [Bb] by the river.
Silver [Eb] finish lay on its [F] side, it was washed up [Bb] by the early [Gm] tide.
I [Cm] wonder how it [F] died, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Silver [Cm] finish lay on its [F] side, down [Bb] by the river.
Dr.
[Eb] Pudder spoke to [F] bed, he dozed us [Bb] up and he shook his [Gm] head.
Only foolish [C] people go, he [F] said, down [Bb] by the river.
Why [Eb] do those weeps, said [F] he, because they're [Bb] dying gradually.
[Gm] From the waste [Cm] from the [F] factories, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Why [Cm] do those weeps, said [F] he, down [Bb] by the river.
[C] In time the [F] river banks will [G] die and the rivers will [C] wilt and the ducks won't [A] fly.
There'll be a [Dm] tear in the otter's [G] eye, down by the river.
[C] The banks will [D] soon be black and [G] dead, and where the [C] otter rains it [A] pays.
There'll be a clean [G] white stud instead, down [C] by the river.
Down [D] by the river, [G] [C] [Am] the banks will [Dm] soon be black and [G] dead.
Down [C] by the river, down by [Am] the river.
[G] Down by [C] the river, [Em] the banks will soon [Dm] be black and dead.
[G] Down by the river.
[C] [Am] [G] [C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[Am] [Dm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Am] [G] [C]
[N]
Key:
F
C
Bb
G
Eb
F
C
Bb
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City life was [Eb] getting us down, so we [F] spent a weekend [Bb] out of town.
[G] Fetched a tent on [C] a patch of ground, [F] down by the [Bb] river.
[Bb] Lit a fire [Eb] and drank some wine, [F] you put your jeans on top of mine.
[Gm] Said come in, [C] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Down by [Eb] the river, _ [F] down by the river.
[Gm] Said come in, [Cm] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
_ _ _ _ Didn't [Eb] feel too good all night, [F] so we took a walk [Bb] in the morning [Gm] light.
Came [C] across a stranger's [F] sight, down [Bb] by the river.
Silver [Eb] finish lay on its [F] side, it was washed up [Bb] by the early [Gm] tide.
I [Cm] wonder how it [F] died, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Silver [Cm] finish lay on its [F] side, down [Bb] by the river. _ _ _
_ Dr.
[Eb] Pudder spoke to [F] bed, he dozed us [Bb] up and he shook his [Gm] head.
Only foolish [C] people go, he [F] said, down [Bb] by the river.
Why [Eb] do those weeps, said [F] he, because they're [Bb] dying gradually.
[Gm] From the waste [Cm] from the [F] factories, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Why [Cm] do those weeps, said [F] he, down [Bb] by the river.
[C] _ _ _ In time the [F] river banks will [G] die and the rivers will [C] wilt and the ducks won't [A] fly.
There'll be a [Dm] tear in the otter's [G] eye, down by the river.
[C] The banks will [D] soon be black and [G] dead, and where the [C] otter rains it [A] pays.
There'll be a clean [G] white stud instead, down [C] by the river.
Down [D] by the river, [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] the banks will [Dm] soon be black and [G] dead.
Down [C] by the river, down by [Am] the river.
[G] Down by [C] the river, [Em] the banks will soon [Dm] be black and dead.
_ [G] _ Down by the river.
_ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
City life was [Eb] getting us down, so we [F] spent a weekend [Bb] out of town.
[G] Fetched a tent on [C] a patch of ground, [F] down by the [Bb] river.
[Bb] Lit a fire [Eb] and drank some wine, [F] you put your jeans on top of mine.
[Gm] Said come in, [C] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
Down by [Eb] the river, _ [F] down by the river.
[Gm] Said come in, [Cm] the water's [F] fine, down by [Bb] the river.
_ _ _ _ Didn't [Eb] feel too good all night, [F] so we took a walk [Bb] in the morning [Gm] light.
Came [C] across a stranger's [F] sight, down [Bb] by the river.
Silver [Eb] finish lay on its [F] side, it was washed up [Bb] by the early [Gm] tide.
I [Cm] wonder how it [F] died, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Silver [Cm] finish lay on its [F] side, down [Bb] by the river. _ _ _
_ Dr.
[Eb] Pudder spoke to [F] bed, he dozed us [Bb] up and he shook his [Gm] head.
Only foolish [C] people go, he [F] said, down [Bb] by the river.
Why [Eb] do those weeps, said [F] he, because they're [Bb] dying gradually.
[Gm] From the waste [Cm] from the [F] factories, down [Bb] by the river.
Down [Eb] by the river, [F] down [Bb] by the river.
[Gm] Why [Cm] do those weeps, said [F] he, down [Bb] by the river.
[C] _ _ _ In time the [F] river banks will [G] die and the rivers will [C] wilt and the ducks won't [A] fly.
There'll be a [Dm] tear in the otter's [G] eye, down by the river.
[C] The banks will [D] soon be black and [G] dead, and where the [C] otter rains it [A] pays.
There'll be a clean [G] white stud instead, down [C] by the river.
Down [D] by the river, [G] _ _ [C] _ [Am] the banks will [Dm] soon be black and [G] dead.
Down [C] by the river, down by [Am] the river.
[G] Down by [C] the river, [Em] the banks will soon [Dm] be black and dead.
_ [G] _ Down by the river.
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[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
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