Down By The River chords by The Ballroom Thieves

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Verse 1
Em 
B 
C 
 (E minor) Bring me  (B major) down,  (C major) down by the river
where the poor like me belong
Em 
B 
C 
Cause  (E minor) all your  (B major) words will  (C major) fail to
deliver baby
B 
Em 
but you can't  (B major) prove me  (E minor) wrong
B 
Em 
Hey!  (B major)  (E minor) 
All wrapped up
with handsome clothes
Spitshot like a shoe
Am 
C 
B 
 (A minor) I'll rest in the  (C major) grave I  (B major) chose
But I'm never gonna
Em 
B 
Em 
be your  (E minor) fool  (B major)  (E minor) 
Don't need fakes, I don't have money
And the two are best of friends
E 
Am 
 (E major) So  (A minor) won't you please stay away from me,
Em 
 (E minor) honey,
and I'll hold down my end
Bring me down, down by the river
B 
where the poor like me  (B major) be long
Em 
 (E minor) Cause all your words have failed to deliver,
baby,
B 
Em 
but you can't  (B major) prove me  (E minor) wrong
Boat down where sailors row,
so fly away by my side
C 
Em 
Find  (C major) the tears in (E minor) side you
B 
Em 
to thank God you're still alive  (B major)  (E minor) 
Sing your songs and say your
prayers
and bow your heavy heart
Am 
C 
One  (A minor) road ends you can  (C major) be
B 
E 
damn certain  (B major) other roads  (E major) will start
Em 
 (E minor) Bring me down, down by the river
B 
where the poor like me  (B major) be long
Em 
 (E minor) Cause all your words are built to
deliver baby
B 
But you can't  (B major) prove me,
Em 
B 
 (E minor) but you can't  (B major) prove me wrong
Em 
 (E minor) Bring me down, down by the river
B 
where the  (B major) poor like me belong
Em 
Cause  (E minor) all your words are built to
deliver baby
B 
But you can't  (B major) prove me
Em 
B 
Am 
C 
B 
 (E minor) wrong  (B major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (B major) 
Am 
C 
B 
Ooh,  (A minor)  (C major) ooh  (B major) 
Am 
Em 
B 
Well (A minor) ness,  (E minor)  (B major) oh
Em 
A 
Em 
B 
Em 
Save  (E minor)  (A major) my  (E minor)  (B major) soul  (E minor) 
Bring me down
Down by the river
E 
where the  (E major) poor like me belong
Em 
B 
Em 
In  (E minor) all your  (B major) words I  (E minor) failed to
deliver baby
B 
But you can't  (B major) prove me,
Em 
 (E minor) but you can't prove me
Bring me down, down by the river
B 
where the poor like me be (B major) long
Em 
 (E minor) In  all your words I failed to
deliver baby
But you can't prove me,
Em 
 (E minor) but you can't prove me
B 
 (B major) But you can't prove me wrong