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ain't it a sad thing chords by R. Dean Taylor

  • G

  • F

  • Am

  • C

  • D

  • Em

  • A

Intro 1
G
F
Am
F
G
Verse 1
G
Big brown tin can
F
Lying in the black sand
C
We used to lie there and watch the day
D
Now the leaves have all turned to grey

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Verse 2
G
D
Down by the river where
the river don't flow
C
G
We can't go there no more
D
Down by the river where
the river don't flow
C
The birds don't sing,
G
Em
G
ain't it a sad thing
Verse 3
G
Little child upon my knee
F
Holds a picture of a tree
C
Tears in his eyes say where'd they all go
D
The tears in mine say
I really don't know
Verse 4
G
D
Down by the river where
A
the river don't flow
C
G
We can't go there no more
Down by the river where
D
the river don't flow
C
The birds don't sing,
G
Em
G
ain't it a sad thing
Verse 5
C
G
Listen to the wind blowing over the land
D
Listen to the reasons that you
G
A
don't understand
Reach out and take my hand and we'll
D
run run run run
Interlude 1
G
F
C
D
Verse 6
G
(Whistling)
Down by the river where
D
the river don't flow
C
G
We can't go there no more
Down by the river where
D
the river don't flow
C
The birds don't sing,
G
Em
D
G
ain't it a sad thing
Verse 7
G
Cities eating up the land
F
Progress eating up the past
(?)
C
The writing's in the slime
on the sewer wall
D
You better look see or
Verse 8
we're all gonna fall
G
D
Down by the river where
the river don't flow
C
G
We can't go there no more
D
Down by the river where the
river don't flow
C
The birds don't sing,
G
Em
G
ain't it a sad thing
Outro 1
(Whistle to fade)
G
F
C
D
G
F
C
D
G
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