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Capo 2
The song is sung a cappella, so I did my best.
(First tab, hope you like it!)
CHORUS:
E D
Hold my hand
E D A C
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
E D
Hold my hand
E D C A
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
VERSE 1:
A C E A
If you get sleep or if you get none
E D C A
The cock's gonna call in the morning, baby
A C E A
Check the cupboard for your daddy's gun
E D C A
Red sun rises like an early warning
D F A D
The Lord's gonna come for your first born son
A G F D
His hair's on fire and his heart is burning
A C E A
So go to the river where the water runs
E D C A
Wash him deep where the tides are turning
BRIDGE:
E D
And if you fall
F E
If you fall
CHORUS
E D
Hold my hand
E D A C
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
E D
Hold my hand
E D C A
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
VERSE 2:
A C E A
The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight
E D C A
Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger
A C E A
Drive your son like a railroad spike
E D C A
Into the water, let it pull him under
D F A D
Don't you lift him, let him drown alive
A G F D
The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder
A C E A
Let that fever make the water rise
E
And let the river run dry
And I said
CHORUS x 2
E D
Hold my hand
E D A C
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
E D
Hold my hand
E D C A
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
What is the strum for this?