River Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	6th fret

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2 contributors total, last edit on Sep 10, 2024

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CAPO 6TH FRET
(Key of Ab)
 
 
[Intro]
 
D G D G
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
D
Been traveling these wide roads for so long
                G
My heart’s been far from you
                     D
Ten-thousand miles gone
 
Oh, I wanna come near and give ya
               G
Every part of me
 
But there's blood on my hands
                    D
And my lips are unclean
 
In my darkness I remember
                           G
Momma’s words reoccur to me
 
"Surrender to the good Lord
                            Em
And he’ll wipe your slate clean"
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna go
      Em
Oh-oh-oh- oh
 
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna know
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Tip me in your smooth waters
 
I go in
                   G
As a man with many crimes
 
Come up for air
                         D
As my sins flow down the Jordan
D
Oh, I wanna come near and give ya
                G
Every part of me
 
But there is blood on my hands
                    Em
And my lips are unclean
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna go
      Em
Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna know
 
 
[Bridge]
 
        D
I wanna go, wanna go, wanna go
        D
I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know
        D
Wanna go, wanna go, wanna go
                        G
Wanna know, wanna know, wanna know
      D
Wanna go, wanna go, wanna go
                        G
Wanna know, wanna know, wanna know
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Em
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna go
                    Em
Lord, please let me know
 
Take me to your river
        D
I wanna know
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So, just saying, they did say this was their first tab... i can't imagine it's the easiest thing to do (I know I am not experienced enough to make a tab). Maybe instead of criticizing, just leave it at the helpful corrections that more experienced members gave. Mistakes are how we learn...? GL and play on folks!

Sorry I don't have time to do a full tab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqJV7gFwePs Capo 4 E (with hammer on/pull off 3rd fret of the B or E, hard to tell) A (with open B string - it looks like) Verse is E A back and forth Chorus is F#m E back and forth

Nailed it! Thanks! To spite what others have said, I played along with the video and it was right on.