Downstream chords by The Rainmakers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F#F#  BB F#F#

Verse:

F#F#              BB  F#F#
Me and Mark Twain were having us a ball
F#F#                     BB  F#F#
Telling each other lies floating down from Hannibal
F#F#               BB  F#F#
With a bottle and a worm and a cane pole
F#F#                  BB    F#F#
We were fishing for secrets where the catfish crawl

Chorus:

F#F#                 BB  F#F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#F#                  BB  F#F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

Interlude:
A augmentedA D MajorD x4

Verse:

F#F#                        BB  F#F#
Well we picked up Harry Truman floating down from Independence
F#F#                 BB  F#F#
We said what about the war, he said good riddance
F#F#                  BB       F#F#
We said what about the bomb, are you sorry that you did it
F#F#                    BB  F#F#
He said pass me that bottle and mind your own business


Chorus:
F#F#                 BB  F#F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#F#                  BB  F#F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

Solo:
A augmentedA D MajorD x8

Verse:
F#F#                     BB  F#F#
We were rounding St. Louie and heading for the coast
F#F#                    BB  F#F#
When we picked up Chuck Berry in a little row boat
F#F#                  BB  F#F#
With one oar in the water and one in the air
F#F#          BB   F#F#
A augmentedA lightning rod for a white guitar

   A augmentedA                  D MajorD   A augmentedA
Then lightning struck once and lightning struck twice
   A augmentedA               D MajorD   A augmentedA
And I said if there's a God he sure ain't nice
A augmentedA          D MajorD   A augmentedA
Chuck said God is an Indian giver
 A augmentedA              D MajorD      A augmentedA
I don't trust nothing but the Mississippi River

Chorus:
F#F#                 BB  F#F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#F#                BB  F#F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#F#                  BB  F#F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

A augmentedA                  D MajorD  A augmentedA
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
A augmentedA                 D MajorD  A augmentedA
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
A augmentedA                 D MajorD  A augmentedA
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
A augmentedA                   D MajorD  A augmentedA
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream


A augmentedA D MajorD (repeat and fade)