Drink The River chords by Gabe Lee

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

🎸 Intro:

One, two, three

F C G
F C G

C   F C
Am  G  C


🎸 Verse :
F             C            G              C F
 If I were a fisherman of hopes and dreams
              C                G        C
I'd buy me a boat and take it out to sea

   Am Em C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
  Am Em      C   Em F         C
    Cuttin' waves
dodging storms

C Am          G                      F
     Casting nets down to the ocean floor




🎸 Verse :
 F                C          G            G C F
Worst case we go hungry and blame our luck
        C              G                    C
Have a drink, act like we don't care so much

   Am Em C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------
  Am        Em      C      Em F       C
    But to keep on swimmin'
castaway

C Am                    G               F       C
 Hooked on your own line from just the other day


🎸 Chorus:
 C         F           C        G
And I can't drink the river to dry the land
C  F          C                 G
    Bury the ocean beneath the sand
C  F           C      G
    But I can love you
              Am G/B F
Until the tide
          C    G      F  C  G  C
Pulls me under by and by

F  C  G  C
Am Em C Em F   C
Am   G   C




🎸 Verse :
C  F         C                      G
     I went searching for a pot of gold
C  F           C            G                     C
   Dad always said I had a knack for diggin' holes

   Am G  C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------

Am    G            C    Em F                C
  If faith were a shovel     to any man of means
Am               G             F
Why am I always standing, the dirt up to my knees?




🎸 Verse :
F       C     G              G C F
To Carolina, swift I'll drive
             C                G   C
Edge of the road, sharp as a knife

   Am G  C Em F
E ---------------
B ---------------
G ---------------
D ---------2--3--
A -0--2--3-------
E ---------------

 Am      Em       C    Em F                     C
Hundred miles an hour
I'm comin' home to you
 Am            G               F               C
Hopin' to make up for all the grief I put you through


🎸 Chorus:
 C         F           C        G
And I can't drink the river to dry the land
C  F          C                 G
    Bury the ocean beneath the sand
C  F           C      G
    But I can love you
              Am G/B F
Until the tide
          C    G      F  C  G  C
Pulls me under by and by
       F  C  G  C
By and by


🎸 Outro:

Am Em C Em F   C
Am7  G   C
Am7  G   F    C