Old Rivers
Old Rivers

Old Rivers easy guitar chords by Red Sovine

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Ab

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Db

    4

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • Ab

    4

  • Eb

    6

  • Db

    4
    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    How 
    old 
    was I 
    when 

    I 
    first 
    seen 
    old 
    Rivers? 

    Well, 
    just 
    can
    't 
    recall 

    when 
    he 
    wer
    en't around. 

    Well, that 
    old 
    feller 
    sure 
    done 

    a heap 
    of work, 

    Spent 
    his 
    whole 
    life 
    walking 

    plowed 
    ground. 

    He 
    had a 
    one 
    -room shack 

    not 
    far 
    from 
    us, 

    And 
    well, 
    we was 
    about 
    as 
    poor 
    as him 

    And 
    he 
    had one 
    old 
    mule 

    he 
    called 
    Midnight 

    And 
    I'd 
    trail 
    along 
    after 
    them 

    He 
    used 
    to plow 
    them 
    roads 

    straight 
    and 
    deep 

    And 
    I'd come 
    along 
    there 
    behind 

    Of 
    bust
    ing 
    up 
    clods 

    with 
    my own 
    two 
    feet 

    Old 
    Rivers 
    was 
    a friend 
    of 
    mine 

    When 
    the 
    sun 
    would 
    get high 

    and 
    that mule 
    would 
    work 

    And 
    old 
    Rivers 
    would 
    finally 
    say, 
    whoa 

    He'd 
    wipe 
    his 
    brow 
    and 

    lean 
    back 
    on the 
    reins 

    And 
    talk 
    about 
    a place 
    he 

    was 
    gonna 
    go 

    Sayin' 
    one of 
    these days 

    I'm 
    gon
    na climb 
    that 
    mountain 

    Walk 
    up 
    there 
    among 
    them 
    cloud
    s 

    When 
    the 
    cotton's 
    high 

    and 
    the 
    corn's 
    a 
    -growin' 

    And 
    there ain't 
    no 
    fields 

    to 
    plow 


    Got 
    a letter 
    today 

    from 
    the 
    folks 
    back 
    home 

    They're 
    all 
    fine, 
    crops 
    are 
    dry 

    Down 
    near the 
    end, 

    Mom 
    said 
    I 
    guess 
    you know, 
    rivers 
    die 

    I 
    sit 
    here 
    now, 
    this 
    new 
    cloud 
    earth, 

    trying 
    to find 
    me a 
    little shade 

    with 
    the 
    sun 
    beating 
    down 

    across 
    the 
    fields 
    I 
    see, 

    that 
    view 
    for 
    rivers 
    and 
    me. 

    Now 
    one 
    of these 
    days, 

    I'm 
    going 
    to 
    climb 
    that 
    mountain, 

    walk 
    up 
    there 
    among 
    them 
    cloud
    s, 

    When 
    the cotton's 
    high 

    and 
    the corn's 
    a -grow
    in' 

    And 
    there ain't 
    no 
    fields 
    to 
    plow 

    With 
    the 
    sun 
    beatin' 
    down 

    across 
    the 
    fields 
    I 
    see 

    That 
    mule, 
    old 
    rivers, 

    and 
    me 
    you 

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