Kern River chords by Merle Haggard
Verse 1
C
G
I'll never swim Kern River again
It was there that I met her
D
It was there that I lost my best friend
C
And now I live in the mountains
Bm
C
I drifted up here with the wind
G
And I may drown in still water
D
But I'll never swim Kern River again
G
Verse 2
I grew up in an oil town
C
G
But my gusher never came in
And the river was a boundary
D
Where my darlin' and I use to swim
G
One night in the moonlight
C
G
The swiftness swept her live away
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
D
G
Lake Shasta is where I will stay
There's the South San Joaquin
C
Where the seeds of the dust
G
bowl are found
And there's a place called
Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern
D
River comes down
G
Well, it's not deep nor wide
C
But it's a mean piece
G
of water my friend
And I may cross on the highway
D
G
But I'll never swim Kern River again
C
G
I'll never swim Kern River again
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Verse 3
G
It was there I first met her
D
It was there that I lost my best friend
C
And now I live in the mountains
Bm
C
I drifted up here with the wind
G
And I may drown in still water
D
But I'll never swim Kern River
Interlude 1
again
G
C
Bm
C
G
D
G
Verse 4
C
G
I'll never swim Kern River again
It was there I first met her
D
It was there that I lost my best friend
C
And now I live in the mountains
Bm
C
I drifted up here with the wind
G
And I may cross on the highway
D
G
But I'll never swim Kern River again
Kern River
Merle Haggard
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