Down By The River

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From: "KKKKlaus"  

 

Down By The River            (Albert Hammond - 1972)



 C                        
 F
City life was gettin' us down
 
 G                      
 C
So we spent the weekend out of town
 
 Am                         
 Dm
Pitched the tent on a patch of ground

 G           
 C
Down by the river

 C                          
 F
Little fire and drank some wine

 G                         
 C
You put your jeans on top of mine

 Am                         
 Dm
Said: come in, the water's fine

 G            
 C
Down by the river



 C             
 F
Down by the river

 G           
 C
Down by the river

 Am                 
 Dm
Said: come in, the water's fine

 G            
 C
Down by the river



 C                        
 F
Didn't feel too good all night

 G                         
 C
So we took a walk in the mornin' light

 Am                    
 Dm
We came across the strangest side
 
 G          
 C
Down by the river

 C                       
 F
Silver fish lay on it's side
 
 G                     
 C
It was washed up by the early tide
 
 Am             
 Dm
I wonder how it died

 G            
 C
Down by the river


 C           
 F
Down by the river

 G            
 C
Down by the river

 Am                  
 Dm
Silver fish lay on it's side

 G            
 C
Down by the river


 C                     
 F
Doctor put us both to bed

 G                           
 C
He dosed us up and he shook his head
 
 Am                    
 Dm
Only foolish people go, he said

 G            
 C
Down by the river

 C                     
 F
Why do willows weep said he

 G                       
 C
Because they're dying gradually

 Am                      
 Dm
>From the waste from the factories

 G           
 C
Down by the river


 C           
 F
Down by the river

 G           
 C
Down by the river

 Am                 
 Dm
Why do willows weep said he

 G            
 C
Down by the river


 D                        
 G
In time the river banks will die

 A                            
 D
The region wilt and the dogs will fly

 Bm                        
 Em
There'll be a tear in the otter's eye

 A            
 D
Down by the river
 
 D                           
 G
The banks will soon be black and dead

 A                            
 D
And where the otter's raised his head

 Bm                      
 Em
Will be a clean white stone instead

 A            
 D
Down by the river


 D            
 G
Down by the river

 A            
 D
Down by the river

 Bm                       
 Em
The banks will soon be black and dead
 
 A           
 D
Down by the river

The original song is written in Bb,
and will change to C; that means:


 C  = 
 Bb

 F  = 
 Eb

 G  = 
 F

 Am = 
 Gm

 Dm = 
 Cm

The text is taken from CD by ear "Albert Hammond, The very best of Albert Hammond"