Chords for Down to the River

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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord, I can't feed my baby when I'm sick in bed
I got a world full of worry running wild in my [G] head
I [Fm] spend all my [C] money just to [Cm] make ends meet
Begging Lord, won't you send me to leave _
[Gm] There ain't nobody in [G] this world who'd better [Fm] die than anybody [Cm] like me
_ _ _ [G] _ So I [Cm] went down to the river and I suffered with sin
Lord, I tried but the water wouldn't let me home
Too many [Fm] lives have been broken, there's too [G] much blood on my [Cm] hands _ _ _ _
There ain't [G] no water in this world could turn [Fm] me back into [Cm] an innocent man
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So [Cm] I made up my mind to find a palace of fire
Should leave the Lord's crown [C] and angel understand my desire
He's been [Fm] defiled and defeated, still he never gives in
I know [C] he'll help me on my feet once _ again
[Gm] Can't no soul in this whole world but Satan [Fm] understand the state [Cm] that I'm in
_ _ _ [G] _ So I [Cm] went down to the fire and I suffered with sin
Lord, I tried but the devil wouldn't let me come in
Too many [Fm] lives have been broken, there's too [G]
much [Cm] blood _ on my hands
There ain't [G] no room among the damned for such [Ab] a broken man [Cm] or man of demand
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_ And then my [Cm] good woman rises from her sickness in bed _
Puts her hand on my thigh and dances a kiss on my head
Says if [Fm] the water won't have you, if the devil's too blind
[G] I know [Cm] that truly you were meant to be mine
_ _ And then [G] she takes me by the hand and [Fm] shows me how to leave my worries [Cm] behind
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_ I've been [Cm] down to the river and I suffered with sin
Lord, I tried but the water wouldn't let me come in
Too many [Fm] lives have been broken, there's too [Cm] much blood on my hands _ _ _
_ Only [G] one soul in this whole world would have me [Fm] just the goddamn way that I am _ _ _ _
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