The River Is Wide chords by The Grass Roots
Guitar 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:
F Eb/F F
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X--
^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare
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Verse 1: Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F v v v v v v v v -/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/--- Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F The sky was clear ... Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F 'Til the clear blue sky ... Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb The lightning flashed, ... F /C F /C F /C F Then fell a drop of rain ... Chorus: Ebm7 Ab [1: Let the river get wide], ... [2: And the river gets wide] Dbmaj7 Bbm The water runs deep as ... Ebm7 Ab So baby, don't you fight ... 1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars] 2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars] 3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb To me Verse 2: Upon the roof we heard the ... [repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
The River Is Wide chords