Down The River

Down The River easy guitar chords by Chris Knight

2001Country
Guitar
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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    was 
    eighteen, 

    my 
    brother 
    was 
    twenty-one 

    One 
    saturday 
    evening 

    when 
    all 
    the 
    work 
    was 
    done 

    We 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    river, 

    had 
    some 
    trot 
    lines 
    to 
    run 

    My 
    brother 
    Walter 

    had 
    fight 
    the 
    week 
    before 

    Knocked 
    boy 
    named 
    Wilson 

    Through 
    the 
    pool 
    hall 
    door 

    They 
    said 
    you 
    don't 
    mess 
    with 
    Wilson 

    Un
    less 
    you 
    want 
    war 

    put 
    the 
    boat 
    in 
    the 
    water, 

    and 
    made 
    the 
    engine 
    run 

    loaded 
    the 
    lantern 

    a
    gainst 
    the 
    sinking 
    sun 

    And 
    my 
    brother 
    Walter 

    was 
    loading 
    his 
    gun 

    And 
    we 
    went 
    down 
    the 

    Interlude 1
    (river) 

    Verse 2
    Down 
    past 
    the 
    coal 
    docks 

    We 
    were 
    running 
    our 
    lines 

    Heard 
    some 
    drunken 
    boaters 

    Racing 
    up 
    behind 

    It 
    was 
    Wilson 
    and 
    his 
    cousin, 

    they 
    had 
    trouble 
    on 
    their 
    minds 

    They 
    passed 
    on 
    by 
    us, 

    probably 
    going 
    to 
    tend 
    their 
    pots 

    We 
    headed 
    up 
    the 
    river 

    with 
    the 
    fish 
    we'd 
    caught 

    But 
    be
    fore 
    we 
    made 
    the 
    landing, 

    thought 
    heard 
    shot 

    Back 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 3
    My 
    brother 
    Walter 
    fell 
    over 
    the 
    side 

    couldn't 
    find 
    him, 
    no 
    matter 
    how 
    tried 

    And 
    looked 
    along 
    the 
    bank 

    but 
    couldn't 
    find 
    where 
    they'd 
    hide 

    They 
    drug 
    the 
    river, 

    they 
    searched 
    it 
    up 
    and 
    down 

    Couldn't 
    find 
    his 
    body 

    so 
    they 
    de
    cide 
    that 
    he'd 
    drowned 

    But 
    knew 
    better 

    and 
    Wilson 
    bragged 
    around 
    town 

    So 
    one 
    night 
    floated 
    down 

    Right 
    a
    bove 
    Wilson's 
    shack 

    hid 
    in 
    the 
    woods 

    till 
    saw 
    him 
    walk 
    out 
    back 

    put 
    bullet 
    in 
    his 
    head 

    and 
    dropped 
    him 
    in 
    his 
    tracks 

    And 
    we 
    went 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Interlude 3


    Verse 4
    Down 
    below 
    the 
    trestle 

    Where 
    the 
    water 
    runs 
    slow 

    chained 
    him 
    to 
    an 
    anvil 

    And 
    let 
    him 
    go 

    And 
    five 
    years 
    later 
    ain't 
    told 
    soul 

    And 
    ain't 
    done 
    much 
    fishing, 

    hardly 
    wet 
    line 

    The 
    death 
    of 
    my 
    brother 

    is 
    still 
    heavy 
    on 
    my 
    mind 

    I've 
    been 
    thinking 
    Wilson's 
    cousin 

    Better 
    find 
    place 
    to 
    hide 

    Cause 
    I'm 
    go
    ing 
    down 
    the 
    river 

    Yeah, 
    I'm 
    go
    ing 
    down 
    the 

    Interlude 4
    (river) 

    Solo 1






    Outro 1

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