Whippoorwill River chords by Vince Gill

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) My
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 (D major) dad was a man  (G major) 
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With two  (D major) hard workin' hands  (G major) 
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 (D major) He always took  (G major) time out for  (A major) me  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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Well, I'd  (D major) come home  (G major) from school
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Load  (D major) up that canoe  (G major) 
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He'd  (D major) say, "What's the  (G major) bet gonna
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 (A major) be?"  (Asus4)  (A major)  (Asus4) 

Verse 2
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 (E minor) We'd float that boat down
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old  (A major) Whippoorwill River
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 (E minor) Catch us a big one or two  (A major) 
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Well, he  (E minor) taught me about life
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And  (A major) its simple pleasures
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And  (E minor) whatever else that he knew.  (A major) 

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Verse 3

Then I met a girl

With a head full of curls

A pure and innocent heart

Oh, I knew she was the one

And when weekends would come

Wild horses couldn't keep us apart.

Verse 4
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 (E minor) We'd run those ponies down
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 (A major) Whippoorwill River
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And  (E minor) I'd steal a sweet kiss
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or two  (A major)  (Asus4)  (A major) 
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She  (E minor) taught me about love
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And  (A major) its simple pleasures
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And  (E minor) whatever else that she  (A major) knew.  (E minor) 
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Interlude 1

Verse 5
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Well, I  (D major) married  (G major) that girl
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And  (D major) we have a song  (G major) 
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And he  (D major) looks like my  (G major) daddy  (Asus4) used to
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Oh,  (A major)  (D major) his mom  (G major) and I
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 (D major) Always  (G major) find time
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To  (D major) do things that  (G major) he likes to  (Asus4) do.       (A major) 

Verse 6
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Well, he  (E minor) loves to go fishing
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on  (A major) Whippoorwill River
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And  (E minor) ride in his grandad's ca (Asus4) noe       (A major) 
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We  (E minor) teach hima bout life
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And  (A major) its simple pleasures
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And  (E minor) pass down a memory or two.  (A major) 

Verse 7
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Yeah, he  (E minor) loves to go fishing
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on  (A major) Whippoorwill River
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And  (E minor) catch him a big one or two  (A major) 
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He's  (E minor) learning about life
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And  (A major) its simple pleasures
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And  (E minor) making a memory  (A major) or two.
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 (E minor) Oo  h...

Outro 1
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