Chords with lyrics
"The River Is Wide"
(Knight - Admire)
Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first -
in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer.
Intro:
FF Eb/FEb/F FF
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X--
^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F
v v v v v v v v
-/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/---
Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F
The sky was clear ...
Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F Bb majorBb Eb/FEb/F
'Til the clear blue sky ...
Eb MajorEb /Bb Eb MajorEb /Bb Eb MajorEb /Bb Eb MajorEb /Bb
The lightning flashed, ...
FF /C FF /C FF /C FF
Then fell a drop of rain ...
Chorus:
EbM7Ebm7 AbAb
[1: Let the river get wide], ...
[2: And the river gets wide]
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 BbmBbm
The water runs deep as ...
EbM7Ebm7 AbAb
So baby, don't you fight ...
1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars]
2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars]
3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb majorBb
To me
Verse 2:
Upon the roof we heard the ...
[repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers