Down The River chords by Chris Knight (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(B minor) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 1
(B minor) I was eighteen,
my (D major) brother was twenty-one
(B minor) One saturday evening
when (D major) all the work was done
We went (A major) down to the river,
had some (G major) trot lines to run
(B minor) My brother Walter
had a (D major) fight the week before
(B minor) Knocked a boy named Wilson
(D major) Through the pool hall door
They said (A major) you don't mess with Wilson
Un (G major) less you want a war
(B minor) I put the boat in the water,
and I (D major) made the engine run
(B minor) I loaded the lantern
a (D major) gainst the sinking sun
And (A major) my brother Walter
was (G major) loading his gun
And (D major) we went (A major) down the
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Interlude 1
(B minor) (river) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 2
(B minor) Down past the coal docks
We were (D major) running our lines
(B minor) Heard some drunken boaters
(D major) Racing up behind
It was (A major) Wilson and his cousin,
they had (G major) trouble on their minds
(B minor) They passed on by us,
probably (D major) going to tend their pots
(B minor) We headed up the river
(D major) with the fish we'd caught
But be (A major) fore we made the landing,
I (G major) thought I heard a shot
(D major) Back (A major) down the (B minor) river
Interlude 2
(D major) (B minor) (D major)
(A major) (G major) (G major)
Verse 3
(B minor) My brother Walter fell (D major) over the side
(B minor) I couldn't find him, no (D major) matter how I tried
And I (A major) looked along the bank
but couldn't (G major) find where they'd hide
(B minor) They drug the river,
they (D major) searched it up and down
(B minor) Couldn't find his body
so they de (D major) cide that he'd drowned
(A major) But I knew better
and Wilson (G major) bragged around town
(B minor) So one night I floated down
Right a (D major) bove Wilson's shack
(B minor) I hid in the woods
till I (D major) saw him walk out back
I put a (A major) bullet in his head
and (G major) dropped him in his tracks
And (D major) we went (A major) down the (B minor) river
Interlude 3
(D major) (B minor) (D major)
(A major) (G major) (G major)
Verse 4
(B minor) Down below the trestle
Where the (D major) water runs slow
I (B minor) chained him to an anvil
(D major) And I let him go
And (A major) five years later I (G major) ain't told a soul
(B minor) And I ain't done much fishing,
I (D major) hardly wet a line
(B minor) The death of my brother
is still (D major) heavy on my mind
I've been (A major) thinking Wilson's cousin
Better (G major) find a place to hide
Cause (D major) I'm going (A major) down the (B minor) river
Yeah, (D major) I'm going (A major) down the
Interlude 4
(B minor) (river) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
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Down The River
Chris Knight
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