Ben Caplan - Down to the river
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1. Intro
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2. Riff
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3. Verse/chorus (chords used)
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I went down to the river
flowing out unto the sea
on my way to the ocean
let the spirit swallow me.
CmI got low down in the wA#ater
I let theD# current guide my boneFs
Cm I’ve got nine kinds of trA#ouble
I’m just Ftrying to find my way home.
--Riff--
CmOver twenty-some years of liA#ving
and a tD#housand wasted daysF
Cm I have loved a lot of woA#men
Many Ftimes I’ve gone wrong ways
And I came down to the water
For a dip. To cleanse my soul.
They keep telling me that I’m just a babe
But baby, why do I feel so old?
CmThis is the verge of a bFreakthrough
it’s a fD#ine line that cannot be Gbent
Cm and I felt like I riverF run dry
but I don’t know where D#all of the rainwater wenGt
And I believed we were all dead or dying
but I see different in the blue light
there is no such thing as a dawn or a dusk
it is daylight until it is night
You’ve got to fight through the dimming
You’ve got to run into the west
You’ve go to rage against the dying of the light
Live for the moment that’s left
G#‘Cause there is no such thing as a dying man
Cm We’re alive ’till the moment we’re dead
G# and a drowning man is just a living man
GWho hasn’t run out of his last bit of breath.
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I went down to the river
flowing out unto the sea
on my way to the ocean
let the spirit swallow me.
I got low down in the water
I let the current guide my bones
I’ve got nine kinds of trouble
I’m just trying to find my way home.