Friends Apickin - Current River
Misc. Unsigned BandsVersion1
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Chords in this song
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When I was a child, my family would travel
Down to Southeast Missouri, where my parents where born
There's a backards old town thats oftn remembered
So many times at my memry's reward
Daddy wont you take me back to old Shannon County
Down by the Current River where paradise lays
Sorry my son, but your too late in askin'
The government has already took it away
(Fiddle/Harmonica Solo)
Sometimes we'll travel right down the Current River
To the old Bailey Ferry down at PowderMill Bridge
Where if you took the time to stop and to listen
You could hear the dogs runnin' up high on the ridge
The govenment came and they took all our houses
They took all our homes and they took all our land
Now their gone and the land is forsaken
They wrote it all down as the progress of man
No Chorus, Verse 4
When I die let my ashes float down the Current River
Let my soul roll right up to Frank Roberts Land
I'll be half way to heaven with paradise a'waitin'
Five miles away from wherever I am
Chorus then solo to fade
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Readable chord sheet for Friends Apickin - Current River by Misc. Unsigned Bands
When I was a c[A]hild, my fa[D]mily would tr[A]avel Down to Sou[A]theast Missouri, where my p[E]arents where b[A]orn There's a b[A]ackards old town thats o[D]ftn rem[A]embered S[A]o many times at my me[E]mry's rew[A]ard D[A]addy wont you take me back to old Sha[D]nnon Co[A]unty Down [A]by the Current River where pa[E]radise l[A]ays So[A]rry my son, but your t[D]oo late in ask[A]in' The gove[A]rnment has already too[E]k it aw[A]ay (Fiddle/Harmonica Solo) Som[A]etimes we'll travel right do[D]wn the Current Ri[A]ver To the o[A]ld Bailey Ferry down at Powder[E]Mill Br[A]idge Where if y[A]ou took the time to s[D]top and to li[A]sten You could h[A]ear the dogs runnin' up h[E]igh on the ri[A]dge The gove[A]nment came and they to[D]ok all our ho[A]uses They to[A]ok all our homes and they t[E]ook all our l[A]and No[A]w their gone and the la[D]nd is for[A]saken They wr[A]ote it all down as the pro[E]gress of m[A]an No Chorus, Verse 4 When I d[A]ie let my ashes float d[D]own the Current Ri[A]ver Let my so[A]ul roll right up to Fra[E]nk Roberts La[A]nd I'll be h[A]alf way to heaven with par[D]adise a'wa[A]itin' Fi[A]ve miles away from whe[E]rever I [A]am Chorus then solo to fade