Tennessee River Runs Low chords by The Secret Sisters
Verse 1
E
Am
D
Am
If I were born to be a river
D
Dm
Am
If a river is all I'd be
Dm
E
Am
D
Dm
I'd tell the giver of all of the rivers
D
Am
E
Am
To make me the Tennessee
Verse 2
Am
How many drops of rain roll off of
Dm
how many windowpanes
Down to a valley low where a river
Am
E
like me begins to grow?
Am
I sing a mournful song as
Dm
I rush and ramble along
E
Oh, dee- oh- dee- oh- dee- oh,
Am
dee- oh- dee- oh- dee oh
E
Am
E
Am
Verse 3
I bury secrets deep
Dm
I keep them down where
the catfish creep
Where the rolling tide can't
E
reach the things that I hide
Am
I hum a mournful tune
Dm
in the Alabama June
E
Oh, dee- oh- dee- oh- dee- oh,
Am
dee- oh- dee- oh- dee oh
Verse 4
E
And I sing
Oh, dee, dee- dee- dee
Am
Oh, doo, doo- doo- doo
E
Oh, oh, oh- oh- oh
Am
E
Even the Tennessee river
Am
F
Dm
runs low
Verse 5
When the sky is bright and clear
Am
Not a cloud above you
Dm
You can float in knowing, dear
E
That I was made to love you
Dm
When the storm is raging
Am
All the light is fading
Dm
The river sings along with me
E
Reaching for that minor key
Verse 6
Am
Color me blue and gray
Dm
River, carry me fast away
Flood all the rocks and grills
E
On for the mighty hill
Am
I am the Tennessee
Dm
See you down at the stormy sea
E
Oh, dee- oh- dee- oh- dee- oh,
Am
dee- oh- dee- oh- dee oh
Verse 7
E
And I sing
Oh, dee, dee- dee- dee
Am
Oh, doo, doo- doo- doo
E
Oh, oh, oh- oh- oh
Am
E
Am
Even the Tennessee river runs low
E
Am
The Tennessee river runs low
E
Even the Tennessee river runs
Outro 1
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Tennessee River Runs Low
The Secret Sisters
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