Running Bear chords by Louis Armstrong

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Verse 1
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 (D major) On the banks  (G major) of the river
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stood running  (C major) there a young Indian  (G major) brave
On the other side of the river
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stood his  (A major) lovely Indian maid (D major) 
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Little White  (G major) Dove was her name
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Such a lovely  (C major) sight to see
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 (G major) But their tribes fought with each other
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So their  (D major) love would never
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 (G major) be runnin'  (C major) bare
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Love little  (G major) white dove
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with  (D major) a love big as the sky  (G major) 
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Runnin'  (C major) bare, love little white  (G major) dove
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With a  (D major) love that couldn't die  (G major)  (E major) 
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 (A major) He couldn't  (D major) swim  (A major) the raging river,
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cause the river  (D major) was too  (A major) wide
He couldn't reach the little white dove
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waiting on  (B major) the other side  (E major) 
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In the  (A major) moonlight he could see her
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throwing kisses  (D major) across the way
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 (A major) Her little heart was beatin' faster,
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waiting  (E major) there for a  (A major) friend
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Runnin' bear,  (D major) love little white  (A major) dove,
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with a  (E major) love big as the sky  (A major) 
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Runnin' bear,  (D major) love little white  (A major) dove,
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with a  (E major) love that couldn't die  (A major)  (F major)  (B flat major) 
Running back, dove in the water,
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little white  (E flat major) dove did the same
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 (B flat major) And they swam out to each other,
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through the  (C major) swirling stream they came
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 (F major) As their  (B flat major) hands touched and their lips met,
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the  (E flat major) ra   ging river pulled them down
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 (B flat major) Now they'll always be together
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in that  (F major) happy honeyed ground  (B flat major) 
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Running bears  (E flat major) of little white dove
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 (B flat major) with a love  (F major) against the sky  (B flat major) 
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Yeah, run (E flat major) ning bears of  (B flat major) little white dove
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with a love  (F major) that could not  (B flat major) die
Yeah, white stuff in there
Yeah, running bare
He was nowhere
Too much hair
Swinging from the bare
Whoa, look out, look out, look out
I'm brother man, yeah
I've seen enough
Brother man, brother man