Don't Cross The River Written by Dan Peek, ©1972 Em A F#m7 Bm A7 D G C ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ |||||| |||||| |||||| ******2fr |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||*| |**||| ||***| ||**** ||||*| ||***| |||*|* |*|||| ||*||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**|| |||||* ||||*| *||||* |*|||| F# Em7 D7 ------ ------ ------ ******2fr |||||| ||||*| |||*|| |**||| |||*|* |**||| ||||*| |||||| Em A There's a little girl out lyin' on her own F#m7 Bm She's got a broken heart Em A She's not the kind to take you down for long F#m7 Bm She knows and plays it smart Em A F#m7 Bm (Ah--) And if she's comin' she's showed no mark Em A F#m7 Bm (Ah--) She's heard no whistle blowin' from the dark Em A F#m7 Bm (Ah--) She feels like leavin' and she don't know why Em A7 (Ah--) Without no bridges she's trapped, so I sigh D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide D G D G Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side A All your life G C G Em F#m7 Bm You were on your own Bm G D If you want you can ride my train F# D And soon forget the reason that you're leaving G Em7 A7 D You'll lose yourself and then sometime D7 G Maybe even save yourself some grievin' Em7 A F#m7 Bm Em7 A7 D Oh, oh, oh, oh D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide D G D G Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide D G D G Don't try denyin' livin' on the other side D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide D G D G Don't cross the river if you can't swim the tide ...