Drink The River
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
3rd traste
SONG: DRINK THAT RIVER
ARTIST: GABE LEE
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5HNa0PVdaTs
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI:
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
DRINK THAT RIVER
CAPO: 3rd FRET
[Intro]
One, two, three
F C G
F C G
C F C
Am G C
[Verse]
F C G C F
If I were a fisherman of hopes and dreams
C G C
I'd buy me a boat and take it out to sea
Am Em C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
Am Em C Em F C
Cuttin' waves, dodging storms
C Am G F
Casting nets down to the ocean floor
[Verse]
F C G G C F
Worst case we go hungry and blame our luck
C G C
Have a drink, act like we don't care so much
Am Em C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
Am Em C Em F C
But to keep on swimmin', castaway
C Am G F C
Hooked on your own line from just the other day
[Chorus]
C F C G
And I can't drink the river to dry the land
C F C G
Bury the ocean beneath the sand
C F C G
But I can love you
Am G/B F
Until the tide
C G F C G C
Pulls me under by and by
F C G C
Am Em C Em F C
Am G C
[Verse]
C F C G
I went searching for a pot of gold
C F C G C
Dad always said I had a knack for diggin' holes
Am G C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
Am G C Em F C
If faith were a shovel to any man of means
Am G F
Why am I always standing, the dirt up to my knees?
[Verse]
F C G G C F
To Carolina, swift I'll drive
C G C
Edge of the road, sharp as a knife
Am G C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
Am Em C Em F C
Hundred miles an hour, I'm comin' home to you
Am G F C
Hopin' to make up for all the grief I put you through
[Chorus]
C F C G
And I can't drink the river to dry the land
C F C G
Bury the ocean beneath the sand
C F C G
But I can love you
Am G/B F
Until the tide
C G F C G C
Pulls me under by and by
F C G C
By and by
[Outro]
Am Em C Em F C
Am7 G C
Am7 G F C
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The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
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