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This River Runs Red easy guitar chords by
Ray Wylie Hubbard
Ray Wylie Hubbard

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Intro 1
Em
A
Em


Verse 1
B
Em

My mama run off with a

Bible salesman

My daddy didn't come back from the

Korean

War

My momma's momma
A

took me in to save me

from sin
Em

The kind she says sweet
B
Em

Jesus died for

Now one day she said

we're going down to

Chi -Meshe

River

We got loaded up in her old

Pontiac

For the next sunrise they're
A

gonna get you
Em

And by the way,
B
Em

your mama ain't comin' back

Now when we got down to the river,

man, it's in water

It's like a ghost in a suit of clothes,

old and gray

There was people standin' round,
A

yeah, okay, it's glory bound
Em
B

And he raised up his head
Em

and he began to pray

Said this river runs red, this river runs red
A

This river runs red like
Em

Jesus' blood

We're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up these old
A
Em

bones from the cold, mud

Let me tell you,

he said about revelations

Shards of fire and a promised land

Being washed in the blood of the

Lamb
A

Or else you'll be

God damned
Em
B

Repent for the kingdom is at hand
Em

Then the people start

shouting hallelujah

Come on, come on sweet heavenly host

And old women begin to cry
A

Throwing their hands up in the sky
Em
B

It was the four -tailed rapture of the

Holy
Em

Ghost

This river runs red, this river runs red
G

This river runs red like
Em

Jesus' blood

They're gonna raise up the dead,

they're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up these old bones from the cold,

cold wood

This river runs red, this river runs red

This river runs red like

Jesus' blood

We're gonna raise up again,

we're gonna raise up again

We're gonna raise up these old

bones from the cold, wood

Now I got baptized that

Sunday mornin' I guess it didn't

take cause I looked back

So when I turned 15 I just
A

seemed to get mean
Em
B

And I stole my momma's momma's
Em

Pontiac

I took me a little drive up

the south side of

Tulsa

I satisfied and moved in with a woman,

sweet

Lorraine

Talkin' tough and breakin' rules,
A

bein' hip, slick and cool
Em
E
B
Em

And by 22 I was doin' a cocaine

My luck run out one night in

Knoxville

Not less than ten is what the judge said

Now it happens every night
A

when they turn out the lights
Em

I can't stop the voices in my head

This river runs red, this river runs red

This river runs red like

Jesus' blood

We're gonna raise up the dead,

we're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up these old

bones from a broken hood

This river runs red, this river runs red
G

This river runs red like
Em

Jesus' blood

We're gonna raise up the dead,

we're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up these old
A
Em

foes from the cold, mud

This river of dread, this river of dread

This river of dread like

Jesus' blood

We're gonna raise up the dead,

we're gonna raise up the dead

We're gonna raise up these old
Em

foes from the cold, mud

This river was red, this river was red,

this river was red like

Jesus' blood.

They're gonna raise up the dead,

they're gonna raise up the dead,

they're gonna raise up these old folks from the cold,

cold, cold blood.

This river was red, this river was red,

this river was red like

Jesus' blood.

They're gonna raise up the dead,

they're gonna raise up the dead

They're gonna raise up these old

folks from the cold cold mud

This river runs red, this river runs red,

this river runs red

Like

Jesus' blood,

Jesus' blood

They're gonna raise up the dead,

they're gonna raise up the dead

They're gonna raise up these

old folks from cold cold mud

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