Braden River chords by
Chris Smither

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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Raiden

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C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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River

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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A

A

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G

G

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D

D

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C

C

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B

B

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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D

D

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I may make might make an egregious error

G

G

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D

D

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A

A

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D

D

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C#

C#

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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B

B

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D

D

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C#

C#

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D

D

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B

B

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D

D

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C#

C#

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They had two buzzards an

C

C

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B

B

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d they're flying together

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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Wingtip to wingtip, feather to feather

B

B

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C#

C#

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D

D

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B

B

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C

C

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D

D

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One said, I want to know

C

C

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Just where the river goes

D

D

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C

C

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They were sitting high in a tree

B

B

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D

D

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One said to the other,

G

G

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you can never see

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D

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C#

C#

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D

D

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C

C

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Just where the river goes

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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But it never freezes, never snows

The

Braden

A

A

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G

G

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River is soft and slow

A

A

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D

D

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And it's muddy on top,

C

C

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oh it's muddy below

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Won't you let it go?

C

C

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I drank to my troubles on the river bank

D

D

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Stuck him in the bottle and I

C

C

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watched him sink

D

D

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C

C

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Watched the bubbles rising lightly

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Breaking in the sun so brightly

C

C

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If the river had a mind of wonder

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D

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A

A

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It wouldn't let the bottle un der

G

G

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D

D

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C

C

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But I'd never ask, bought or stolen

B

B

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C

C

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D

D

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Takes what you give it and

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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keeps on rollin'

The

Braden

Ab

Ab

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D

D

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River is soft and slow

C#

C#

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D

D

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And it's muddy on top, boy,

C

C

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it's muddy below

D

D

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Won't you let it go?

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Mm, mm, mm

The

Braden

Ab

Ab

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D

D

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G

G

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River is soft and slow

A

A

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D

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It's muddy on top and it's muddy below

C

C

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D

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C

C

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D

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Just let it go

B

B

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I watched the clouds in a lonely sky

C

C

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D

D

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Listened to the wind

C

C

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and I heard it die

D

D

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C

C

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Watched the water falling down

D

D

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Running to the river from

C

C

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D

D

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across the ground

C

C

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The rain was warm, the river was cold

D

D

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The rain was young,

A

A

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G

G

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but the river was older

D

D

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C

C

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And that's the way the river runs

D

D

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You can't tell a daddy from the

C

C

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D

D

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daughter in the sun

The

Braden

G

G

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River is soft and slow

A

A

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D

D

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It's muddy on top, it's muddy below

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Let it go

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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They had two buzzards flying together, wingtip to wingtip, feather to feather,

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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one said I want to know just where the river goes.

C

C

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And they were sittin' by the tree

D

D

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One said to the other,

G

G

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you can never see

A

A

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D

D

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Just where the river blows

C

C

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D

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But it never freezes,

C#

C#

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B

B

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C

C

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D

D

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it never snows

Raiden

Ab

Ab

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River is soft and slow

D

D

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It's muddy on top and

it's muddy below

D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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D

D

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Won't you let it go?

The

Braden

River is soft and slow

D

D

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It's muddy on top and

it's muddy below

D

D

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Let it go

D

D

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D

D

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Won't you let it go?

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Chords

D
G
C
A
B
C#
Ab

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