The Bottle Rockets

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Song: Get Down, River Artist: The Bottle Rockets Album: Mississippi: River of Song (Disc 2) (Also on Leftovers) Capo 2 G = 320033 C = x32033 Em = 022033 Lyrics from memory. {intro} [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C]-[G] Live in a {verse} [G]river town, it's pretty little, it's [D]high on the side and it [C]sinks in the [G]middle. When the [G]rain comes down, the river rolls up, [D]fills all the low spots, [C]all over [G]town {chorus} get [C]down river, [G]river get down, won't you [D]get down river, [C]river get [G]down once a[C]gain you have messed up [G]this old [Em]town [C]get down [D]river, get
{intro} down {verse} To the far side of town's where I want to go, To see my honey, but I don't know Looks like I'll have to row, It's like the gulf of mexico, down by the Texaco {chorus} {break} [G] [Em] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [C] [D] {intro} {verse} you can drown down-town when the water is high It's been happenin' here since I was a child There ain't nothing you can do to stop it Just hope for the best and mop up the rest {chorus}

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