Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 16:21:05 -0400 From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com> Subject: g/grass_roots/the_river_is_wide.crd "The River Is Wide" (Knight - Admire) Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first - in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer. Intro: F Eb/F F v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v -/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X-- ^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare Verse 1: Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F v v v v v v v v -/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/--- Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F The sky was clear on that windy day Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F 'Til the clear blue sky began to turn to gray Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb The lightning flashed, the thunder roared above F /C F /C F /C F Then fell a drop of rain to start our love Chorus:

[1: Let the river get ^Ebm7wide], the river gets l^Abong, now [2: And the river gets wide] The water runs^Dbmaj7 deep as our love gets str^Bbmong now So baby, don't you ^Ebm7fight and say you bel^Abong now 1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars] 2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars] 3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb To me

Verse 2: Upon the roof we heard the gentle rain With the rhythm of our heartbeats, down it came As it hit each drop our hearts could feel the pain No one on earth can stop a drop of rain [repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

Grass Roots - The river is wide