Chords for Merle Haggard Kern River Live
Tempo:
146.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C#m
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[A]
[Dm] Oh, I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met him.
It was there that I lost [E] my best friend.
[F#] [E]
[D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where [D] the wind.
[A] I may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil town,
but [D] my grusher [A] never came in.
The river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight,
the sweetness [A] swept her life away.
Now I live on Lake Shasta.
[E] Lake Shasta is where [A] I will stay.
There's the south of San Joaquin
[D] where the seeds of the Dust Bowl [A] are found.
There's a place called Mount Whitney
where the mighty Kern [C#m] River [E] comes down.
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide,
but [D] it's a big piece of water, [A] my friend.
I may cross on the highway,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
Oh, [D] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met him.
It was there I lost my [E] best friend.
[D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind.
I [A] may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River again.
[A] [D] [A]
[N]
[A#m]
[A]
[Dm] Oh, I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met him.
It was there that I lost [E] my best friend.
[F#] [E]
[D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where [D] the wind.
[A] I may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
I grew up in an oil town,
but [D] my grusher [A] never came in.
The river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim.
[A] One night in the [D] moonlight,
the sweetness [A] swept her life away.
Now I live on Lake Shasta.
[E] Lake Shasta is where [A] I will stay.
There's the south of San Joaquin
[D] where the seeds of the Dust Bowl [A] are found.
There's a place called Mount Whitney
where the mighty Kern [C#m] River [E] comes down.
[A] Well, it's not deep nor wide,
but [D] it's a big piece of water, [A] my friend.
I may cross on the highway,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
Oh, [D] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again.
It was there that I met him.
It was there I lost my [E] best friend.
[D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind.
I [A] may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River again.
[A] [D] [A]
[N]
[A#m]
Key:
A
D
E
C#m
Dm
A
D
E
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] Oh, I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was there that I met him.
It was there that I lost [E] my best friend. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where [D] the wind. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I grew up in an oil town,
but [D] my grusher _ [A] never came in. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] One night in the [D] moonlight,
the sweetness [A] swept her life away.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I live on Lake Shasta.
[E] Lake Shasta is where [A] I will stay. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's the south of San _ Joaquin
[D] where the seeds of the Dust Bowl [A] are found.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's a place called Mount Whitney
where the mighty Kern [C#m] River [E] comes down.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Well, it's not deep nor wide,
but [D] it's a big piece of water, [A] my friend. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I may cross on the highway,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, [D] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _
_ It was there that I met him.
It was there I lost my [E] best friend. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I [A] may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ _ _ _ _ _ again.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] Oh, I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was there that I met him.
It was there that I lost [E] my best friend. _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where [D] the wind. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I grew up in an oil town,
but [D] my grusher _ [A] never came in. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The river was a boundary where my darling and I [E] used to swim. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] One night in the [D] moonlight,
the sweetness [A] swept her life away.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I live on Lake Shasta.
[E] Lake Shasta is where [A] I will stay. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's the south of San _ Joaquin
[D] where the seeds of the Dust Bowl [A] are found.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ There's a place called Mount Whitney
where the mighty Kern [C#m] River [E] comes down.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Well, it's not deep nor wide,
but [D] it's a big piece of water, [A] my friend. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I may cross on the highway,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ [A] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, [D] I'll never swim Kern River [A] again. _ _
_ It was there that I met him.
It was there I lost my [E] best friend. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Now I live in the mountains.
[C#m] I drifted up here where the [D] wind. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I [A] may drown in still water,
[E] but I'll never swim Kern River _ _ _ _ _ _ again.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _