The River Just Knows chords by Rodney Atkins

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

(Capo on 1)

Intro:
| (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD) | (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD) | (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD) | (C majorC) ---

Verse:
   C majorC
4 a. m. comes awful early, and I was dead on my feet
         G+G
But if you gonna catch a biggest fish
     D MajorD
You gotta lose a little sleep
    C majorC
Well, I pack my gear and a couple beers
 E minorEm
I headed for my favorite spot
    G+G                 F#dimF#dim
Well, I curse my luck when I saw his truck right where I pulled off
   E minorEm        D MajorD          C majorC
Wish open to have the river to myself that day

Chorus:
            G+G           C majorC
Cause the river don?t talk, the river don?t care
       G+G
Where you?ve been, what you?ve done
    D MajorD
Why it is your standin? there
         E minorEm          C majorC
It just flows on by whisperin? to your soul
         G+G   D MajorD  C majorC     G+G   G+G B minorBm D MajorD C majorC G+G B minorBm D MajorD
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows |

      C majorC
The way the sun bounced off the water
I couldn?t wholely make him out
      G+G
But I could see he had a fish on
 D MajorD
A augmentedA big ole rainbow trout
  C majorC
The fight went on forever
And as he headed down my way, I saw his
G+G             F#dimF#dim
military hair cut and the new scars on his face
   E minorEm        D MajorD          C majorC
Right then I knew what brought him to this place

Chorus:
             G+G           C majorC
You know the river don?t talk, the river don?t care
       G+G
Where you?ve been, what you?ve done
         D MajorD
Don?t know why it is your standin? there
         E minorEm          C majorC
It just flows on by whisperin? to your soul
         G+G   D MajorD  C majorC     G+G
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows

       FF
He held that fish down in the water
    E minorEm
And it caused to back the line
    G+G
He said ?Help, you get your wind back
    F#dimF#dim
Cause you help me get mine?
    E minorEm        D MajorD        C majorC
And all I could think to say was ?Welcome home?
   E minorEm        D MajorD      C majorC
But I think that river said it best on its own

            G+G               C majorC
Cause the river don?t talk, you know the river don?t care
       G+G
Where you?ve been, what?s you?ve done
    D MajorD
Why it is your standin? there
         E minorEm          C majorC
It just flows on by whisperin? to your soul
         G+G   D MajorD  C majorC     G+G
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows
            D MajorD  C majorC
It's gonna be alright, the river just knows

Outro:
| (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD)| (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD)| (C majorC) (G+G) (B minorBm) (D MajorD)| (C majorC)