The River Hymn Chords by The Band

[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] The ladies would [F] put the baskets [D] on the table, _ _
[E] _ _ [F] and [Bb] the men would sit [Dm] beneath the shady [Gm] tree.
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ The [C] children listened [Dm] to a fable, [D] _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ while [F] something else [G] came through the vein.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] The river [Bb]
got no [F] wind, _ [Bb] it would just [F] roll [Bb] around the [F] bend.
_ [Gm] _ [F] Then pretty [Bb] soon the [F] women [Bb] would all [Fm] join [F] in.
_ [Bb] On the river [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] the voice [F] of the [C] rapids [Dm] will echo, _ _ [E] _ [F] _ [Bb] and ricochet [Dm] like an old [Gm] water well.
[F] _
[Bb] Don't [F] ever [Dm] wanna let go, _ [C] _ [Bb] _ what [F] you set [G] beneath _ itself.
_ _ _ [F] It's dark [Bb] and wide and [F] deep, [Bb] _ _ [F]
towards [Bb] the sea it [F] creeps.
[Bb] _ [F] I'm so [Bb] glad I brought [F] along [Bb] my [F]
mandolin, _ _ [Bb] to play the [F] river run.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
You can ride on it or drink it, [C] _ _ [F] _
or poison it or tame it.
[G] _ _ [C] _
Fish it and walk, [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
swim [Cm] in it, you [C] can dive and run, [F] you river run.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] Love _ [F] being _ _ _ [D] _ _ yourself, _
_ [E] _ [F] _ no crystal [Bb] mirror can [Dm] show it's fear.
[Gm] Come over here [F]
instead, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] _ till you're lady [F] down the [G] river bed.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] If you [Bb] hear a [F] lonesome _ [Bb] groan, [F] it's as [Bb] common as a [F] stone.
[Bb] And [F] it's louder [Bb] _ as the [F] _ [Bb] _ jingles [F] bell, _ _ [Bb] as the [Gm] river [F] hits the ground.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _