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Kern River chords by Emmylou Harris

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • F#m

    2
  • Asus4

Verse 1
D
G
D
I'll never swim Ker River again.
It was there that I met her.
A
It was there that I lost my best friend.
G
And now I live in the mountains.
F#m
D
G
I drifted up here with the wind.
D
And I may drown in still water,
A
D
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
Verse 2
D
I grew up in an oil town,
G
D
But my gusher never came in.
And the river was a boundary
A
Where my darlin' and I use to swim.

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Verse 3
D
One night in the moonlight
G
D
The swiftness swept her live away.
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
A
D
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.
Verse 4
D
There's the South San Joaquin,
G
Where the seeds of the dust
D
bowl are found.
And there's a place called
Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern River
A
Asus4
A
comes down.
Verse 5
D
Well, it's not deep nor wide,
G
But it's a mean piece
D
of water my friend.
And I may cross on the highway,
A
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
D
Verse 6
G
D
I'll never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I lost my
A
best friend.
G
And now I live in the mountains.
F#m
G
I drifted up here with the wind.
D
And I may drown in still water,
A
D
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
Interlude 1
D
G
D
A
D
G
F#m
G
D
A
D
Verse 7
G
D
I'll never swim Kern River again.
It was there I first met her.
It was there that I lost my
A
best friend.
G
And now I live in the mountains.
F#m
D
G
I drifted up here with the wind.
D
And I may cross on the highway,
A
D
But I'll never swim Kern River again.
G
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