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