Chords for Ben Caplan: "Down to the River"

_ _ _ _ _ It's a pleasure to welcome Ben Kaplan and Studio Q.
Hello, _ sir.
Hello, Jian.
Nice to have you here, finally.
Real pleasure.
Is facial hair a requirement?
It is, actually.
In which case I could be in the band, although I don't have this impressive growth that you have.
It's very charming stuff, Jian. _ _
And I would imagine you're leading off with a song from the debut record?
That is correct.
What song is it?
It's called Down to the River.
This is Ben Kaplan and the Casual Smokers live in Studio Q. _
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_ _ _ _ I went down to the river, _ flowing out onto the sea.
_ On my way to the ocean, let the spirit swallow me.
I got low down in the water, I let the current guide my bones.
_ I got nine kinds of trouble, [Eb] I'm just trying [Cm] to find my way home.
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[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ Over [C] twenty-some years [Bb] of living, and [Eb] a thousand [Em] wasted [F] _ days.
[Cm] I have loved a [Bb] lot of women, [F] many times I've gone the wrong way.
[C] And I came [Bb] down to the water [Eb] for a dip to cleanse [B] my [F] soul.
[Cm] They keep telling me that [Bb] I'm just a [Em] baby, [F] baby.
Why do I feel [Bb] so [Cm] _ old?
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[Cm] This is [Am] the verge of [F] a breakthrough, [Eb] it's a fine line [Am] that cannot [G] be bent.
[Cm] And I felt like [F] a river run dry, but I [Eb] don't know where all of [G] the rain went away.
[Cm] And I believe we [Am] were all dead [F] or dying, [Eb] but I see [Am] different [G] in the blue light.
[Cm] There is no [Am] such thing as [F] a dawn or a [Eb] dusk.
It's daylight [D] until [G] it is night. _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ You gotta _ [A] run [G] to the _ west.
You gotta _ [F] rage against the dying of the [Eb] light.
For the [G] moment that's left you got to _ [Am] fight [F] against the demon.
You gotta [A] run [G] to the west.
You gotta [Am] _ rage [F] against the dying of the light.
[Eb] For the [G] moment that's left, there is [Ab] no such thing as a dying man.
[Cm] We're alive till the moment we're dead.
[Ab] And a drowning man is just a living man [G] who hasn't run out of his last bit of breath.
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[Cm] I'm on my way [C] to [Bb] the ocean.
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[F] Let the spirits follow me, I got [C] no doubt.
[Bb] In the water, [Eb] I'll let the current [A] guide [Dm] my [F] boat.
[Cm] I got night [Bb] kinds of [Em] trouble, [F] I'm just trying to find my [Cm] way _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ home.
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ Find [Cm] my way _ [D] _ [Bb] _ _ home.
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] Find my _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
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