The intro goes like this:
E|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
B|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
G|---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0-|
D|---------2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-|
A|---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
One you play this one time:
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---------2-2-2-2-2-|
D|---------2-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0-2-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-------------------|
Em
I was out in the wild
G
Trying to catch some supper
Em G
And bring it home to sweet mama..
Em
But when the pony headed back
G
To our home valley..
Em G
I knew I'd been gone too long:
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before she died
You play this twice:
E|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
B|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
G|---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0-|
D|---------2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-|
A|---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
Em
I reached home just afer dark..
G
Looking for mama
Em G
But she was nowhere on our land...
Em
So I kicked the frontdoor open
G
Saw the rope above her
Em G
And the shadow of the dirty gunman...
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before she died
You play the intro now and after that you play this
after every second sentence:
E|---------0-|
B|---------0-|
G|---------1-|
D|---------2-|
A|---------2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-|
I chased him through Arkansas
From Texas to Missouri...
He took me up north
From Saint Antoine To Saint Louis
He was haunted
But I had the time
I wanted him back
To the scene of the crime
C H A
- And he crossed the Rock River the day before he died...
(Solo, sorry I don't know to play that yet, but when I do I'll submit it.)
The guitar in the background in the solo is the intro, so you can play that.
Em
Well, we reached Rock River
G
And we reached the other side...
Em
He looked back
G
Kinda fraid for his life
Em
I pulled my trigger and I hitted him
G
Right between the eyes
Em
And then I roped him up to mama
G
To the roaches & the flys...
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before he died
E|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
B|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
G|---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0-|
D|---------2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-|
A|---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before he died
E|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
B|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
G|---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0-|
D|---------2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-|
A|---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before he died
E|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
B|---------0-0-0-0---------3-3-3-3-|
G|---------1-1-1-1---------0-0-0-0-|
D|---------2-2-2-2---------0-0-0-0-|
A|---------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-3-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-3-3-3-3-3-|
C H A
- And I crossed the Rock River the day before he died
