Kirk Franklin Down by the Riverside Chords
Tempo:
124 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Abm
B
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab] [Bb] Those of you that are [Abm] going through, I want you to wipe a tear from your eye.
Because Jesus, he'd meet us someday.
Down by the riverside.
Can I get a witness up in [Eb] here?
[G] It's Friday and [F] my heels are due.
[F] [Db] My three month old been [Bb] losing shoes.
[B] Can't you feel we're [F] going through?
[Gb] Clock on the wall keeps ticking, tocking, no stopping.
Can't have [Eb] somebody knocking on your [F] door to leave you alone.
[Db] Brother, I can't [B] take no more.
[Bbm] [Eb] So break my knees, I [F] quit the flow.
[G] [F] And take a little chill, a little chill.
[Ab] Let's go down by the [F] riverside.
[Db] Leave [Ab] your problems all [Eb] behind.
[Bbm] [Eb] You can rest for [C] the night.
[Gm] [Bb] Down by the [Fm] [Abm] riverside.
I don't think you heard me the first time.
So then why don't I say it one more time.
Everybody, Jesus is going to meet us down there.
By the riverside.
One time for you, hold him up.
Come on up in here.
[Fm] We've got time to shred [F] all the night.
[Dbm] And all the pain [Bb] we're ready to [Ab] hide.
[Eb] How can the dark [Fm] clouds never die?
[Bbm] You can enjoy the fun, but joy [Gb] comes in the morning light.
Gotta keep the [Ab] spirit right.
So we're gonna watch our people [Fm] play.
[Eb] [Db] Ain't nobody taking this part [Bb] away.
[Eb] It's right up out of the way.
[F]
[C] [Bbm] Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jesus.
[Ab] Let's go [F] down by the riverside.
[Db] Leave your [Bb] problems all behind.
[Bbm] [Eb] You can rest [Abm] for the night. That's right.
Come on, it's your joy.
[D] [Eb]
Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Let's go down [Eb] by the [Abm] riverside.
I'm feeling this thing up [Db] here, Bobby.
[Ab] Leave your problems all behind.
Put your hands together, [Eb] everybody.
You can rest [Fm] for the night.
[Eb] That's right.
Where you gonna rest for that?
[Bb] Down by the riverside.
Wait a minute.
I [Eb] got something I want to say right here.
Now listen.
[Db] I know sometimes [Bm] troubles come.
Everybody [Ab] goes through the storm and the rain.
But [C] listen, we've been may and do [N] it for a night.
But how many of y'all know that joy comes in the morning?
[Eb] I need a witness up in [Ab] here.
Let's go down by [Eb] the riverside. That's [Bb] right.
Come on, everybody.
Leave your problems all behind.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] Come on and get your [Eb] praise on.
Put your [Dbm] hands together, everybody.
[E] Where you gonna rest for that?
[Fm] Down by the riverside.
[Eb] I'm feeling this thing.
One more time.
Let's go down by [Ab] the riverside.
Are you coming?
Are you coming with us?
Come on.
Leave your problems all behind.
That's right.
We're walking into [Bbm] a new thing.
From the [Dbm] past [Fm] of a mind. [Gm] Uh-huh.
We're gonna go right there that time, let's go.
Down by [Eb] the [Abm] riverside.
[B] [Eb] Oh, what did you say?
Wow.
[B] Oh, I [Eb] bet you're gonna say it again.
[Ab] Wow.
[Eb] I bet you won't say it another time.
Wow.
[Abm] So this is what I want you to do.
Put your hands together.
And this is what we're gonna do right here.
There's a blessing in the morning, y'all.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a [B] healing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
I'll tell you what, [Bb] I'll tell you.
Down by [Abm] the riverside.
Say what now?
[B] There's a [Bbm] blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down [Eb] by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[B]
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
You [Abm] didn't hear me, you didn't hear me.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[F] There's a blessing in the [Abm] morning, y'all.
[Eb] Down by the riverside.
Say what [B] now?
There's a healing [Bbm] in the morning, y'all.
[Ab] [Bbm] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[Fm] There's a blessing in the [B] morning, y'all.
Down [N] by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a healing in [Bbm] the morning, y'all.
[B] Down by the riverside.
Say [Abm] what now?
[Ab] There's a blessing [Bm] in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Say what now?
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
[B] Down [E] by the riverside.
Say [B]
[Eb] what now?
There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down by the [Abm] riverside.
Say what now?
[Db] There's a healing in the morning, [Abm] y'all.
[B] [Abm] Down by the riverside.
Everybody sing.
[B] Everybody sing.
[Bb] There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
[B] Everybody sing.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
Your [Eb] life, your tears, [B] your knees, your pain.
Yes, he will.
[Abm] Again.
What [Bb] God is he?
I said my vision, I've been [Gbm] healed.
What God bids good to you.
[Bb] Yes, he has.
[Gb] Yes, he has.
[Bb]
[Db] Yes, he will.
[Ab]
Because Jesus, he'd meet us someday.
Down by the riverside.
Can I get a witness up in [Eb] here?
[G] It's Friday and [F] my heels are due.
[F] [Db] My three month old been [Bb] losing shoes.
[B] Can't you feel we're [F] going through?
[Gb] Clock on the wall keeps ticking, tocking, no stopping.
Can't have [Eb] somebody knocking on your [F] door to leave you alone.
[Db] Brother, I can't [B] take no more.
[Bbm] [Eb] So break my knees, I [F] quit the flow.
[G] [F] And take a little chill, a little chill.
[Ab] Let's go down by the [F] riverside.
[Db] Leave [Ab] your problems all [Eb] behind.
[Bbm] [Eb] You can rest for [C] the night.
[Gm] [Bb] Down by the [Fm] [Abm] riverside.
I don't think you heard me the first time.
So then why don't I say it one more time.
Everybody, Jesus is going to meet us down there.
By the riverside.
One time for you, hold him up.
Come on up in here.
[Fm] We've got time to shred [F] all the night.
[Dbm] And all the pain [Bb] we're ready to [Ab] hide.
[Eb] How can the dark [Fm] clouds never die?
[Bbm] You can enjoy the fun, but joy [Gb] comes in the morning light.
Gotta keep the [Ab] spirit right.
So we're gonna watch our people [Fm] play.
[Eb] [Db] Ain't nobody taking this part [Bb] away.
[Eb] It's right up out of the way.
[F]
[C] [Bbm] Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jesus.
[Ab] Let's go [F] down by the riverside.
[Db] Leave your [Bb] problems all behind.
[Bbm] [Eb] You can rest [Abm] for the night. That's right.
Come on, it's your joy.
[D] [Eb]
Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Let's go down [Eb] by the [Abm] riverside.
I'm feeling this thing up [Db] here, Bobby.
[Ab] Leave your problems all behind.
Put your hands together, [Eb] everybody.
You can rest [Fm] for the night.
[Eb] That's right.
Where you gonna rest for that?
[Bb] Down by the riverside.
Wait a minute.
I [Eb] got something I want to say right here.
Now listen.
[Db] I know sometimes [Bm] troubles come.
Everybody [Ab] goes through the storm and the rain.
But [C] listen, we've been may and do [N] it for a night.
But how many of y'all know that joy comes in the morning?
[Eb] I need a witness up in [Ab] here.
Let's go down by [Eb] the riverside. That's [Bb] right.
Come on, everybody.
Leave your problems all behind.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] Come on and get your [Eb] praise on.
Put your [Dbm] hands together, everybody.
[E] Where you gonna rest for that?
[Fm] Down by the riverside.
[Eb] I'm feeling this thing.
One more time.
Let's go down by [Ab] the riverside.
Are you coming?
Are you coming with us?
Come on.
Leave your problems all behind.
That's right.
We're walking into [Bbm] a new thing.
From the [Dbm] past [Fm] of a mind. [Gm] Uh-huh.
We're gonna go right there that time, let's go.
Down by [Eb] the [Abm] riverside.
[B] [Eb] Oh, what did you say?
Wow.
[B] Oh, I [Eb] bet you're gonna say it again.
[Ab] Wow.
[Eb] I bet you won't say it another time.
Wow.
[Abm] So this is what I want you to do.
Put your hands together.
And this is what we're gonna do right here.
There's a blessing in the morning, y'all.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a [B] healing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
I'll tell you what, [Bb] I'll tell you.
Down by [Abm] the riverside.
Say what now?
[B] There's a [Bbm] blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down [Eb] by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[B]
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
You [Abm] didn't hear me, you didn't hear me.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[F] There's a blessing in the [Abm] morning, y'all.
[Eb] Down by the riverside.
Say what [B] now?
There's a healing [Bbm] in the morning, y'all.
[Ab] [Bbm] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[Fm] There's a blessing in the [B] morning, y'all.
Down [N] by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a healing in [Bbm] the morning, y'all.
[B] Down by the riverside.
Say [Abm] what now?
[Ab] There's a blessing [Bm] in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Say what now?
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
[B] Down [E] by the riverside.
Say [B]
[Eb] what now?
There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down by the [Abm] riverside.
Say what now?
[Db] There's a healing in the morning, [Abm] y'all.
[B] [Abm] Down by the riverside.
Everybody sing.
[B] Everybody sing.
[Bb] There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
[B] Everybody sing.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
Your [Eb] life, your tears, [B] your knees, your pain.
Yes, he will.
[Abm] Again.
What [Bb] God is he?
I said my vision, I've been [Gbm] healed.
What God bids good to you.
[Bb] Yes, he has.
[Gb] Yes, he has.
[Bb]
[Db] Yes, he will.
[Ab]
Key:
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Abm
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Bb
Eb
Ab
Abm
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] Those of you that are [Abm] going through, _ _ I want you to wipe a tear from your eye.
_ _ Because Jesus, he'd meet us someday.
_ Down by the riverside.
Can I get a witness up in [Eb] here?
[G] It's Friday and [F] my heels are due.
[F] _ _ [Db] My three month old been [Bb] losing shoes.
_ _ [B] Can't you feel we're [F] going through?
_ _ _ [Gb] Clock on the wall keeps ticking, tocking, no stopping.
Can't have [Eb] somebody knocking on your [F] door to leave you alone.
_ _ [Db] Brother, I can't [B] take no more.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] So break my knees, I [F] quit the flow.
_ [G] _ [F] And take a little chill, a little chill.
_ [Ab] Let's go down by the [F] riverside.
_ _ [Db] Leave [Ab] your problems all [Eb] behind.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] You can rest for [C] the night.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Down by _ the _ _ [Fm] _ [Abm] riverside.
I don't think you heard me the first time.
So then why don't I say it one more time.
_ Everybody, Jesus is going to meet us down there.
By the riverside.
One time for you, hold him up.
Come on up in here.
[Fm] We've got time to shred [F] all the night.
_ [Dbm] And all the pain [Bb] we're ready to [Ab] hide.
_ _ [Eb] How can the dark [Fm] clouds never die?
_ _ [Bbm] You can enjoy the fun, but joy [Gb] comes in the morning light.
Gotta keep the [Ab] spirit right.
So we're gonna watch our people [Fm] play.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] Ain't nobody taking this part [Bb] away. _
_ [Eb] It's right up out of the way.
[F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bbm] Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jesus.
_ [Ab] Let's go [F] down by the riverside.
_ _ _ [Db] Leave your [Bb] problems all behind. _
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] You can rest [Abm] for the night. That's right.
Come on, it's your joy.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Let's go down [Eb] by the [Abm] riverside.
I'm feeling this thing up [Db] here, Bobby.
[Ab] Leave your problems all behind.
Put your hands together, [Eb] everybody.
You can rest [Fm] for the night.
[Eb] That's right.
Where you gonna rest for that?
[Bb] Down by the riverside.
Wait a minute.
I [Eb] got something I want to say right here.
Now listen.
[Db] I know sometimes [Bm] troubles come.
Everybody [Ab] goes through the storm and the rain.
But [C] listen, we've been may and do [N] it for a night.
But how many of y'all know that joy comes in the morning?
[Eb] I need a witness up in [Ab] here.
Let's go down by [Eb] the riverside. That's [Bb] right.
Come on, everybody.
Leave your problems all behind.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] Come on and get your [Eb] praise on.
Put your [Dbm] hands together, everybody.
[E] Where you gonna rest for that?
_ [Fm] Down by the riverside.
[Eb] I'm feeling this thing.
One more time.
Let's go down by [Ab] the riverside.
Are you coming?
Are you coming with us?
Come on.
Leave your problems all behind.
That's right.
We're walking into [Bbm] a new thing.
From the [Dbm] past [Fm] of a mind. [Gm] Uh-huh.
We're gonna go right there that time, let's go.
Down by _ _ [Eb] the _ [Abm] riverside.
_ [B] _ [Eb] Oh, what did you say?
Wow.
[B] _ Oh, I [Eb] bet you're gonna say it again.
[Ab] Wow.
_ [Eb] I bet you won't say it another time.
_ Wow.
[Abm] So this is what I want you to do.
Put your hands together.
And this is what we're gonna do right here. _
_ _ There's a blessing in the morning, y'all.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a [B] healing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
I'll tell you what, [Bb] I'll tell you.
Down by [Abm] the riverside.
Say what now?
[B] There's a [Bbm] blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down [Eb] by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[B]
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
You [Abm] didn't hear me, you didn't hear me.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[F] There's a blessing in the [Abm] morning, y'all.
_ [Eb] Down by the riverside.
Say what [B] now?
There's a healing [Bbm] in the morning, y'all.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[Fm] There's a blessing in the [B] morning, y'all.
Down [N] _ by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a healing in [Bbm] the morning, y'all.
[B] Down by the riverside.
Say [Abm] what now?
[Ab] There's a blessing [Bm] in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ [F] Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Say what now?
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
[B] Down [E] by the riverside.
Say _ [B] _
[Eb] what now?
There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ _ Down by the [Abm] riverside.
Say what now?
[Db] There's a healing in the morning, [Abm] y'all.
_ [B] _ [Abm] Down by the riverside.
Everybody sing.
_ [B] Everybody sing.
[Bb] There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ [B] Everybody sing.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
Your [Eb] life, your tears, [B] your knees, your pain.
Yes, he will.
[Abm] _ _ Again.
What [Bb] God is he?
_ I said my vision, I've been [Gbm] healed.
What God bids good to you. _
[Bb] Yes, he has.
[Gb] Yes, he has.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Db] Yes, he will.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Because Jesus, he'd meet us someday.
_ Down by the riverside.
Can I get a witness up in [Eb] here?
[G] It's Friday and [F] my heels are due.
[F] _ _ [Db] My three month old been [Bb] losing shoes.
_ _ [B] Can't you feel we're [F] going through?
_ _ _ [Gb] Clock on the wall keeps ticking, tocking, no stopping.
Can't have [Eb] somebody knocking on your [F] door to leave you alone.
_ _ [Db] Brother, I can't [B] take no more.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] So break my knees, I [F] quit the flow.
_ [G] _ [F] And take a little chill, a little chill.
_ [Ab] Let's go down by the [F] riverside.
_ _ [Db] Leave [Ab] your problems all [Eb] behind.
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] You can rest for [C] the night.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] Down by _ the _ _ [Fm] _ [Abm] riverside.
I don't think you heard me the first time.
So then why don't I say it one more time.
_ Everybody, Jesus is going to meet us down there.
By the riverside.
One time for you, hold him up.
Come on up in here.
[Fm] We've got time to shred [F] all the night.
_ [Dbm] And all the pain [Bb] we're ready to [Ab] hide.
_ _ [Eb] How can the dark [Fm] clouds never die?
_ _ [Bbm] You can enjoy the fun, but joy [Gb] comes in the morning light.
Gotta keep the [Ab] spirit right.
So we're gonna watch our people [Fm] play.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] Ain't nobody taking this part [Bb] away. _
_ [Eb] It's right up out of the way.
[F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bbm] Thank you, Jesus.
Thank you, Jesus.
_ [Ab] Let's go [F] down by the riverside.
_ _ _ [Db] Leave your [Bb] problems all behind. _
_ [Bbm] _ [Eb] You can rest [Abm] for the night. That's right.
Come on, it's your joy.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Let's go down [Eb] by the [Abm] riverside.
I'm feeling this thing up [Db] here, Bobby.
[Ab] Leave your problems all behind.
Put your hands together, [Eb] everybody.
You can rest [Fm] for the night.
[Eb] That's right.
Where you gonna rest for that?
[Bb] Down by the riverside.
Wait a minute.
I [Eb] got something I want to say right here.
Now listen.
[Db] I know sometimes [Bm] troubles come.
Everybody [Ab] goes through the storm and the rain.
But [C] listen, we've been may and do [N] it for a night.
But how many of y'all know that joy comes in the morning?
[Eb] I need a witness up in [Ab] here.
Let's go down by [Eb] the riverside. That's [Bb] right.
Come on, everybody.
Leave your problems all behind.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Bbm] Come on and get your [Eb] praise on.
Put your [Dbm] hands together, everybody.
[E] Where you gonna rest for that?
_ [Fm] Down by the riverside.
[Eb] I'm feeling this thing.
One more time.
Let's go down by [Ab] the riverside.
Are you coming?
Are you coming with us?
Come on.
Leave your problems all behind.
That's right.
We're walking into [Bbm] a new thing.
From the [Dbm] past [Fm] of a mind. [Gm] Uh-huh.
We're gonna go right there that time, let's go.
Down by _ _ [Eb] the _ [Abm] riverside.
_ [B] _ [Eb] Oh, what did you say?
Wow.
[B] _ Oh, I [Eb] bet you're gonna say it again.
[Ab] Wow.
_ [Eb] I bet you won't say it another time.
_ Wow.
[Abm] So this is what I want you to do.
Put your hands together.
And this is what we're gonna do right here. _
_ _ There's a blessing in the morning, y'all.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a [B] healing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
I'll tell you what, [Bb] I'll tell you.
Down by [Abm] the riverside.
Say what now?
[B] There's a [Bbm] blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
Down [Eb] by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[B]
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
You [Abm] didn't hear me, you didn't hear me.
[F] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[F] There's a blessing in the [Abm] morning, y'all.
_ [Eb] Down by the riverside.
Say what [B] now?
There's a healing [Bbm] in the morning, y'all.
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] Down by the riverside.
[Abm] Say what now?
[Fm] There's a blessing in the [B] morning, y'all.
Down [N] _ by the riverside.
Say what now?
There's a healing in [Bbm] the morning, y'all.
[B] Down by the riverside.
Say [Abm] what now?
[Ab] There's a blessing [Bm] in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ [F] Down by the riverside.
[Ab] Say what now?
There's a healing in the morning, y'all.
[B] Down [E] by the riverside.
Say _ [B] _
[Eb] what now?
There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ _ Down by the [Abm] riverside.
Say what now?
[Db] There's a healing in the morning, [Abm] y'all.
_ [B] _ [Abm] Down by the riverside.
Everybody sing.
_ [B] Everybody sing.
[Bb] There's a blessing in the morning, [Ab] y'all.
_ [B] Everybody sing.
Down by the riverside.
Say what now?
Your [Eb] life, your tears, [B] your knees, your pain.
Yes, he will.
[Abm] _ _ Again.
What [Bb] God is he?
_ I said my vision, I've been [Gbm] healed.
What God bids good to you. _
[Bb] Yes, he has.
[Gb] Yes, he has.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ [Db] Yes, he will.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _