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[Verse 1]
Dm
She said take your trouble to the river
        C
Let the muddy water wash it away
       G
If the truth don't float back up to the top
        Dm
You can bid our love good day
     Dm
So I took to the edge, I dove on in,
    C
The current went and stole me away
G
Rocks and gravel, I ain't got a paddle
   Dm
To dig my dying grave

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[Verse 2]
      Dm
See a trail of tears come trickling down
          C
Where the water's got a bitter taste
   G
My heart is heavy and my boots ain't steady
        Dm
And the waves keep slapping my face
      Dm
I can hear her voice in the howling rain
C
Saying it's sink or swim
        G
But the deed's all done, I'm going down
      Dm
And I won't be back again

[Chorus]

    G
God damn this river
        Dm
And its wandering ways
        Bb
And the love we made
    F
Was shallow indeed
    Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
      A
And I ain't got a paddle
      A N.C.  Dm
Going up sh*t creek

[Verse 3]
          Dm
There's a bend up ahead by the dead bulrushes
          C
Where the cottonmouth coil and play
          G
I've been floating by levies and rusted out Chevys
    Dm
For now on fifteen days
       Dm
In the fog, in the moon, in the Mississippi mud
     C
Everywhere I see her face
        G
But I'm only a pebble in the belly of the devil
     Dm
In a godforsaken place

[Chorus]
    G
God damn this river
        Dm
And its wandering ways
        Bb
And the love we made
    F
Was shallow indeed
    Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
      A
And I ain't got a paddle
      A N.C.  Dm
Going up sh*t creek

[Interlude]
Dm

Gm
Lie la lie la lie la
Dm
Lie la lie la lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la lie la
F         C
Lia la la Lie Lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la
G
Lie la lie la lie
A
Lie la lie la lie la
A      A7
La Lie Li.......e

[Solo]

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Dm C G Dm
Gm Dm Bb F C
Bb G A A

[Verse 4]
     Dm
So I reach for the reeds and the roots of the willows
     C
That rise like a ghost from the bank
         G
Hear the roar and the crash of every lost soul
     Dm
That sprung a leak and sank
        Dm
When my body is a bag of broken bones
       C
With a farewell breath I call
    G
God damn you lover there will never be another
         Dm
And it's over the waterfall

[Chorus]

    G
God damn this river
        Dm
And its wicked ways
        Bb
And the love we made
    F
Was bittersweet
    Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
      A
And I ain't got a paddle

[Chorus]

      G
I say God damn this river
        Dm
And its wandering ways
        Bb
And the love we made
    F
Was shallow indeed
    Gm
I'm sinking like a ship I'm a runaway devil
      A
And I ain't got a paddle
      A N.C.  Dm
Going up sh*t creek

[Outro]
Dm

Gm
Lie la lie la lie la
Dm
Lie la lie la lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la lie la
F         C
Lia la la Lie Lie
Bb
Lie la lie la lie la
G
Lie la lie la lie
A
Lie la lie la lie la
A      A
La Lie Li.......e