By The Riverside chords by Chatham County Line

Intro:
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Verse 1:

               G
Skipped out of work

                G7
Just to ease my thoughts

                 C
Went down to the riverside

            G
Just to get lost

                 G
Got some fishing line
      G7
And a ????

                C
Sat there thinking

              G
About hugging ???

           G
Took of my shoes

              G7
Got my ankles deep

         C
As I was thinking

                   G
Of drifting off to sleep

             G
Dreamt I was rich

              G7
With gold and wine

             C
Married to a woman

              G
Beautiful and kind

      D                           G
But I awoke with something on the line.

Chorus:

        C
Well no ???

            G
There is no weight?

          D
I let the devil

         G
Take the bait

        C               G
misadventure will be my bride

     A7  D           G
As I lay by the riverside

Verse 2:

        G
Sun had passed

              G7
The wind grew cold

       C
Cut my face to

           G
A pot that boiled

                   G
Thought of all the things

             G7
In life were neat

           C
Cracking a branch

           G
Over on my knee

           A7   D7               G
I feed the fire yes and it feeds me

Chorus:

        C
Well no ???

            G
There is no weight?

          D
I let the devil

         G
Take the bait

        C               G
misadventure will be my bride

     A7  D           G
As I lay by the riverside

Interlude:
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C   G   A7  D7  G

Verse 3:

               G
Skipped out of work

                G7
Just to ease my thoughts

                 C
Went down to the riverside

            G
Just to get lost

         G
My belly full

             G7
I thought of rest

               C
Like a pair of robins

                G
Gathered in the nest

                  G
I could reach the ground

             G7
My pack in a stream???

              C
thought of my ???

             G
And my happy dreams

             A7     D7          G
Why can’t an engine run without steam

Chorus:

        C
Well no ???

            G
There is no weight?

          D
I let the devil

         G
Take the bait

        C               G
misadventure will be my bride

     A7  D           G
As I lay by the riverside

Outro:
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