Down by the riverside chords by Mavis Staples

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 (G major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) Gonna  (G major) lay down my  (C major)  (G major) burden,  (C major)  (G major) down by  (C major) the  (G major) riverside,
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 (C major) down  (D major) by the river (C major) side,  (G major) down by the riverside.
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 (C major) Lay  (G major) down  (C major) my  (G major) burden  (C major) 
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 (G major) Down by the riverside
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Study  (D major) war no more  (C major) 
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 (G minor) I    (G major)  (C major) ain't  (G major) gon'
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 (C major) study war no more
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Ain't gon'  (G major) study war no more
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Ain't  (C major)  (G major) gon'  (D major) study war no  (G major) more
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Ain't  (A minor)  (G major) gonna  (C major) study war no more,
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Ain't gonna  (G minor) study war no  (G major) more,
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Ain't gonna  (D major) study war no more  (G major)  (A minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major) I'm  (D major)  (G major) gonna put on my  (C major) long  (G major) white robe down  (G minor)  (G major) by the river (C major) side,
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 (G major) down  (D major) by the riverside,  (G major) down
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by the  (C major) river (G major) side
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Gon (C major) na put  (G major) on my  (C major) long  (D major)  (G minor) white
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robe  (C major)  (G major) down by the  (D major)  (C major) 
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I  (G major) ain't gon'  (C major) study war no more, ain't gon'  (G major) study war no  (D major) more,
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 (G major) ain't gon'  (D major) study war  (G major)  (D major) no  (C major)  (G major)  (A minor) 
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 (G major) Ain't  (G minor) gonna  (C major) study war no more,  (F major) ain't  (C major) gonna  (G major) study war no more,
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ain't gonna  (D major) study war no more.  (C major)  (G major)  (A minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (G minor) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G minor)  (G major)  (G minor) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (E major) I'm gonna  (A major) pick up my sword and shield down by the riverside,
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down  (E major) by the riverside,  (D major)  (A major) down
Down by the riverside,
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pick up my  (D major)  (A major) sword and shield  (D major) 
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 (A major) Down by the riverside,
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 (E major) study war no more  (D major)  (A major) 
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I  (B minor) ain't gonna study  (D major) war no more
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 (C major) Ain't  (D major) gonna  (A major) study war no more
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Ain't gonna  (E major) study war  (A major)  (E major) no  (G major)  (D major) more,
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 (A major) no  (B minor) more
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 (A major) Ain't gonna  (D major) study war no more,
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ain't gonna  (A major) study war no  (B minor) more
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 (A major) Ain't gonna  (E major) study war no more  (D major) 
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 (A major) Ain't gonna  (E major) study war no  (B minor) more,
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 (E major)  (D major) no more
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 (A major) I ain't gonna  (E major) study war no  (B minor) more  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (E major)  (A major) 