Audra Mae
The River Guitar Chords
G G
I've done a bad thing it's okay
G G
I'm going down to the river today
Cm Cm
And the river's gonna wash my sins away
G G
Til I'm born again tomorrow
D
Oh to get over my head
Cm G G
Make me forget my sorrow
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/audra_mae/the_river_crd.html ]
G G
I'm going down to the river alone
G G
Don't tell mama and daddy I'm gone
Cm Cm
And if they cry when I don't come home
G
Just lie and tell them I'm funnin'
D
Whoa to get out of my eyes
Cm G
Into the river wide I'm runnin'
Cm
And I can't swim
G
But it's alright
D G
'Cause all my sin will drag me down even if I could
Cm G
And if it weren't for him and the love that night
D D
I'd be living for the light like a good girl should
G
'Cause a good girl should
* The same chords progression goes for the rest of the song
* The song can also be played using E, Am, and B7 instead of G, Cm, and D (D7) with a
capo on the 2nd fret for it to sound like the original song.
