Cross That River chords by Allan Harris

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Verse 1
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White Man
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Mama said a white man
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Be comin' in the mornin',
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gonna drag Big Daddy away
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Sold him to the next farm,
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gonna breed him to the stock there
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I guess that's where he's gonna stay
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Took Baby Sister up to
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the big house
Learn her to cook and mend
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their things
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Sometimes in the late night
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Underneath the staircase
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Sister rocks herself to sleep
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They say there's an old man
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Who'll take you across that river
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Nobody knows his name
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Sometime around a full moon,
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better make it to that river
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And hide along the bank,
till he whispers your name
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Across that river
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Dogs caught a runaway
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Down on the South Fork
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Mama said it's gonna be ok,
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but we heard that manna screamin'
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till the early dawn
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Lord, it kept us all awake
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I  know there's a free place
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way across that river
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Where the wild ponies run and play
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One day I'm gonna get there
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If it takes me a lifetime
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A lifetime of being a slave
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They say there's an old man
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He'll take you across that river
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But nobody knows his name
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Sometime around a full moon
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Better make it to the river
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And hide along the bank
Till he whispers your name
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Across that river
I know there's a free place
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way across that river
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Where the wild ponies run and play
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One day I'm gonna get there
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If it takes me a lifetime
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A lifetime of being a slave you