Pat Green - Down to the river

^GTake me down to the river Where I can h^Dold your body close to mine We^C'd li^Dsten to the rhythm Of tha^Ct old wate^Dr rollin You ca^Cn stay wi^Dth me u^Gntil the morning light ^GI found you in a Louisiana roadside park Beat up, b^Droke down no place left to turn I t^Cook you back^D to Texas^C under^D a harvest moon We foun^Cd a littl^De place t^Go call our own ^GWe shared all the hopes and dreams of our younger years Married at th^De tender age of twenty-one ^CRollin' do^Dwn the highw^Cays, di^Drt roads and the byways ^CWould you l^Dike t^Go drive so I would go shotgun

^GWe'd go down to the river Where I cou^Dld hold your body close to mine We^C'd listen^D to the rhythm Of tha^Ct old wate^Dr rollin You c^Can stay w^Dith m^Ge until the morning light ^GSomewhere through the year somebody turned your head And has tak^Den my sweet love so far from me Yeah h^Ce swept^D you off to Boulder Where th^Ce air i^Dt gets much colder Than^C this ^Dsouther^Gn boy would ever like to see ^GI think of calling you on lonely nights When being^D alone gets the best of me Yeah b^Cut this^D here whiskey bottle Will tak^Ce me to a pl^Dace ^CWhere ^Dyou and^G I will always be

Whe^An you came back home everybody said I was a fool 'Cause I took you back without a word to say ^E But I c^Douldn't^E go o^Dn liv^Eing thinkin' about all I was missin' An^Dd I don?t ^Egive a damn ab^Aout what those people say.

We'd go^A down to the river Where I could hold your body close to mine ^E We^D'd listen^E to the rhythm Of tha^Dt old wate^Er rollin You c^Dan stay w^Eith me unt^Ail the morning light I ^Awanna go down to the river Take ^Ame down to the river I ^Awanna go down to the river