The River Is Wide
Grass RootsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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
F
v v v v v v v v
-/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/---
The sky was clear on that windy day
'Til the clear blue sky began to turn to gray
The lightning flashed, the thunder roared above
Then fell a drop of rain to start our love
get wide], the river gets long, now
The water runs deep as our love gets strong now
So baby, don't you fight and say you belong now
1: Fm7/Bb
2: Fm7/Bb
3-5:
-5/
To me
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
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Readable chord sheet for The River Is Wide by Grass Roots
[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
[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
[Ebm7] [1: Let the river[Ab] get wide], the river gets long, now
[2: And the river gets wide]
[C#maj7] The water runs deep [Bbm]as our love gets strong now
[Ebm7] So baby, don't [Ab]you fight and say you belong now
1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars]
2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars]
3-5:
[Fm7]-5/
[B] [Bb] To me
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