Chords for Darrell Scott - River Take Me - FolkAlley

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_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] It's been [A] rainy and [G] windy for [Am] seven days straight.
_ [F] I've been [C] going to bed [G] early and getting [Am] up late.
_ _ [G] I [C] look out my [G] window and it's [A] one shade of [Am] gray.
_ [D] All my wife [C] and my kids, [G] they don't have much [Am] to say.
[F] A [C] man out of work [G] only [Am] gets in the way.
_ [D] [C] Oh, the river, she's rising now, [Am] one inch an hour.
_ _ [G] [F] And tonight [C] we'll be lucky [G] if we [D] still have [Am] power.
_ [G] [F] But I got a [G] flashlight, an oil lamp, and [Am] I'm ready to [D] go.
[Am] _ [G] [C] And a fresh set of badges [G] for my [C] son's radio.
If the [Em] dam really breaks, [Am] at least we'll know where to go.
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River [G] Tangmei, River [G] Tangmei, River [F] Tangmei,
[G] far from [Am] troubled [G] times.
[Am] River Tangmei, [Em] River [Am] Tangmei, River [F] Tangmei,
far from troubled _ [C] times.
[G] Oh, [D] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] oh, [E] oh. _ _
[C#] Well, if I [C] had a [A] boat, you know what I'd do?
_ [G] I'd float [C] me and my family right down [G] to Baton [Am] Rouge.
_ _ [F] I wouldn't work [C] in no factory.
[G] I'd [Am] live off the land [Am] and _ [F] [C] live within [Gm] means of my [A] own two [F] hands.
[C] Dance Saturday [G] night to [A] a Zydeco band.
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[F] Oh, the [C] river [G] flows and a [Am] young man dreams.
_ [C] And the river can drown you, or [G] it can wash you [Am] clean.
_ _ [F] It can take [C] you away [G] to some [Am] other place.
_ [F] It can [C] power your cities, carry [A] your waste,
[Fm] and give [C] all your drink a [Am] peculiar taste.
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[F] Oh, [G] don't look to me.
I've [Am] done my time.
It's just that [F] I've had [C] too many [G] dreams.
But [Am] it's one heart of mine [G] that [C] I've stood on [G] the bridge
with the river [Am] below, _ _ [G] [F] feeling all [C] the sadness
[G] that a proud [Am] man could hold.
[C] Oh, the river is full, [G] but there's [A] no way, no [Am] way, no way to [G] go.
[Am] [G] River [F#m] Tangmei, [G] River [G] Tangmei, River [C] Tangmei,
[Am] [G] River [Am] Tangmei, [Em] river, won't you [Am] take me, [F] please?
[G] Far from [C] troubled _ times.
[G] Oh, [D] _ _ [G] oh, [C] _ [D] _ [E] oh, oh, oh.
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