Tuning: E A D G B E

Darrell Scott - Down to the River https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RqHUB5Z6yg The counting in this song is beautifully folksy, but tricky for beginners. It's a "crooked tune" in 3/4 time, where you have to listen to the recording to get the feel for how it's supposed to go. The chords themselves are pretty standard throughout the song though. The lyrics are from my own ear. Let me know if you have any corrections or find more song/artist references in the lyrics. C--*--*--G e|--x--x--x--3--| B|--1--x--x--0--| G|--0--x--x--0--| D|--2--x--x--0--| A|--3--2--0--2--| E|--x--x--x--3--|

now ^Gme and some buddies were ^Amdown by the river C C---*--*--G there were drinkers and dopers and abstainers by choice there was ^Gred wine and white lines, ^Amblue smoke and good times D C---*--*--G but when we all sang, we had us one voice, singing

^Dlet's all go down to the ^Criver at ^Gmidnight we'll ^Dswim muddy waters n ^Cpick us a ^Gtune and we ^Dwon't give a damn if it's ^AmRock, Folk, ^EmCountry or ^DBlues

well the ^Gsirens were screamin, the ^Amblue lights a flashin C C---*--*--G I got me a ride in a humorless car they ^Gread me my rights and they ^Amsensed my conviction D C---*---*---G they said, "You shall be released when we know what you are."

well the ^Gkangaroo court ^Amwas now in session C C--*--*--G Exhibit A was a blaring radio they said, "^GSon, is it clear what is ^Amto be expected?" D C-*-*--G I said, "sir, your music ain't got no soul"

^Dlet's all go down to the ^Criver at ^Gmidnight we'll ^Dswim Muddy Waters n ^Cpick us a ^Gtune and we ^Dwon't give a damn if it's ^AmRock, Folk, ^EmCountry or ^DBlues

- C G D C G D C G G Am C C-*-*-G G Am D C-*-*-G

now ^GWoody fed Ramblin some ^Amold hobo chili C C--*--*-G and Ramblin fed Dylan neath a banana tree and ^GGuy and Townes made a ^Amstew down in Texas D C-*-*--G and brought the whole hog down to Tennessee, hey

^Dlet's all go down to the ^Criver at ^Gmidnight we'll ^Dswim muddy waters n ^Cpick us a ^Gtune and we ^Dwon't give a damn if it's ^AmRock, Folk, ^EmCountry or ^DBlues ^Dlet's all go down to the ^Criver at ^Gmidnight we'll ^Dswim muddy waters n ^Cpick us a ^Gtune and we ^Dwon't give a damn if it's ^AmRock, Folk, ^EmCountry or ^DBlues

- C G G Am C C-*-*-G G Am D C-*-*-G let's all go G Am C C-*-*-G down let's all go G Am D C-*-*-G down to the river [peace - WheezyE]

Darrell Scott - Down to the river