Down by the river

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Down By The River .NEIL YOUNG.

CHORD-OVERVIEW:

Positions active strings

F#m F Em Bm F#m F Em Bm

e|--2----5----0----2----|-------------|

B|--2----5----0----3----|-----------3-|

G|--2----6----1----4----|--2--6--1--4-|

D|--4----7----2----4----|--4--7--2--4-|

A|--4----7----2----2----|--4--7--2----|

E|--2----5----0----2----|-------------|

The progression is F#m-F-Em-Bm, rinse repeat. The chorus is a combination of fast

strumming on the same chords over the three string down strum.

VERSE:

F#m

Down by the river

F

I was drawn by your grace

Em

Into tempest of oblivion

Bm

and to the lovers-place

F#m

I was stucked in a puddle

F

full of tears and unwise

Em

Dark doings now I know

Bm

that we’ve paid unlike

etc etc... This pattern repeats.

Honey I know hey

when we walked arm in arm

I felt like we can throw away

the falseness of our past

And I know too

it’s been the hardest day for you

Let’s throw them out the

window

that’s what those lovers do

Down by the river

I was drawn by your grace

Into tempest of oblivion

and to the lovers-place

I was stucked in a puddle

full of tears and unwise

Dark doings now I know

that we’ve paid unlike

Honey I know hey

when we walked arm in arm

I felt like we can throw away

the falseness of our past

And I know too

it’s been the hardest day for you

Let’s throw them out the

window

that’s what those lovers do

Ouhhhhhouhhh... down by river

Down by the river

I was drawn by your grace

Into tempest of oblivion

and to the lovers-place

I was stucked in a puddle

full of tears and unwise

Dark doings now I know

that we’ve paid unlike

Honey I know hey

when we walked arm in arm

I felt like we can throw away

the falseness of our past

And I know too

it’s been the hardest day for you

Let’s throw them out the

window

that’s what those lovers do

Ouhhhhhouhhh...