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Down The River chords by 
Chris Knight 
Key: B minor•BPM: 73
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was eighteen,
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my brother was twenty-one
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One saturday evening
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when all the work was done
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We went down to the river,
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had some trot lines to run
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My brother Walter
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had a fight the week before
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Knocked a boy named Wilson
C
Through the pool hall door
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They said you don't mess with Wilson
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Unless you want a war
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I put the boat in the water,
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and I made the engine run
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I loaded the lantern
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against the sinking sun
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And my brother Walter
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was loading his gun
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And we went down the
Interlude 1
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(river)
Verse 2
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Down past the coal docks
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We were running our lines
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Heard some drunken boaters
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Racing up behind
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It was Wilson and his cousin,
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they had trouble on their minds
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They passed on by us,
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probably going to tend their pots
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We headed up the river
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with the fish we'd caught
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But before we made the landing,
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I thought I heard a shot
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G
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Back down the river
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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My brother Walter fell over the side
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I couldn't find him, no matter how I tried
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And I looked along the bank
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but couldn't find where they'd hide
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They drug the river,
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they searched it up and down
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Couldn't find his body
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so they decide that he'd drowned
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But I knew better
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and Wilson bragged around town
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So one night I floated down
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Right above Wilson's shack
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I hid in the woods
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till I saw him walk out back
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I put a bullet in his head
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and dropped him in his tracks
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G
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And we went down the river
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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Down below the trestle
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Where the water runs slow
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I chained him to an anvil
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And I let him go
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And five years later I ain't told a soul
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And I ain't done much fishing,
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I hardly wet a line
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The death of my brother
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is still heavy on my mind
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I've been thinking Wilson's cousin
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Better find a place to hide
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G
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Cause I'm going down the river
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Yeah, I'm going down the
Interlude 4
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(river)
Solo 1
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Outro 1
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