Red river blues chords by Jay mcshann

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Intro 1

Now tell

Verse 1
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me, mama,
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which way does that red river run?
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Now tell me, sweet mama,
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which way does that red river run?
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She run from the Atlantic Ocean,
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clean down to the rising sun,
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big boat she's up the river,
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setting out on a bank of sand,
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big boat she's up the river,
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setting out on a bank of sand.
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If she don't soon strike water,
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swear that boat will never land.
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Now the river she's rising,
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gonna spread all over the land.
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Now the river she's rising,
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gonna spread all over the
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land
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And she reaches from Memphis,
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clean down to the Dotson Dance
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My woman, she's got a mouth
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like a lighthouse out on the sea.
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My woman, she's got a mouth
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like a lighthouse out on the sea.
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Every time she smiles,
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she throws a big bright light on me
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Now my woman's up the river,
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Lord,
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and she won't come down
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Wo man, she's up the river, Lord,
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and she won't come down
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I believe to my soul
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that my good gal is waddled bound