Key: B minor
Intro 1
Am
C
F
C
Am
C
F
C
Am
C
F
C
Am
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F
C
Am
Take the old man
Verse 1
C
F
C
to the river's mercy
Am
C
Wearing his father's coat
F
and woven pedigree
Am
C
F
Am
Take his old friends from the gentry
C
F
Am
To the river, the river is thirsty
C
Am
C
Take his old girl to the
F
C
river's mercy
Am
C
Wearing a heavy thread
F
Am
heirloom tapestry
C
F
C
Am
Take his old girl with him, his family tree
C
F
Am
To the river, the river is thirsty
Verse 2
Am
G
Am
Take his old blood
C
F
C
His moon and sun
To the river
Verse 3
C
And the white rows,
F
Am
like ribbons of Lisbon
C
And roll with the field like
F
Am
a flag that is waving
And the black rows,
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F
C
they sowed their own chain
Am
C
Get a dollar with a calico for
F
Am
their newborn baby
C
F
And the bell sends a key to the lock
Am
C
And a whistle in the wind that
F
Am
carries the wings
C
F
And the guard dogs that catch the call
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C
Put the key to freedom in the
F
Am
hand of Redeemers
C
Now the iron cloth that's
F
cut from the loom
Am
C
Bears a black and white stripe
F
Am
of a cotton field rolling
C
And the dark minds and flame
F
Am
of Redeemers
C
Put them right back in the iron cloth
F
Am
and the flag is waving
Verse 4
Am
G
Am
Take his old blood
C
His moon and sun
Am
To the river, it's thirsty
Interlude 1
F
C
Am
G
Am
F
Em
C
Am
F
C
Em
C
G
F
Em
C
Am
G
Am
Take him by the
Verse 5
F
Am
G
hand to the river
Am
F
Lead him by the hand in
Am
G
to the water
Am
F
Em
Am
Let the heavy thread drink up the river
F
Let the heavy thread drag him
Am
down to the bottom
F
Am
Take him by the hand to the river
F
Am
G
Lead him by the hand into the water
Am
F
Am
C
Let the heavy thread drink up the river
Am
F
Let the heavy thread drag him
Am
down to the bottom
F
Am
Lead him by the hand to the river
F
Am
C
Lead him by the hand into the water
Am
F
Let the heavy thread drink
Am
C
up the river
Am
F
Am
Let the heavy thread drag him down
Verse 6
Am
G
Am
Take his old blood
C
His moon and sun
F
C
F
C
You can see
Take the old man
Am
To the river, it's thirsty
Outro 1
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