Kern River chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Kern River
Merle Haggard


CHORUS:

   D MajorD           A augmentedA
I'll never swim Kern River again.
A augmentedA
It was there that I met her.
A augmentedA                E MajorE   E7E7
It was there that I lost my best friend.
     D MajorD
And now I live in the mountains.
 C# minorC#m           D MajorD
I drifted up here with the wind.
     A augmentedA
And I may drown in still water,
     E MajorE           A augmentedA
But I'll never swim Kern River again.

VERSE
    A augmentedA
I grew up in an oil town,
    D MajorD         A augmentedA
But my gusher never came in.
      A augmentedA
And the river was a boundary
A augmentedA                E MajorE  (E7E7) E9E9
Where my darlin' and I used to swim.


A augmentedA
One night in the moonlight
D MajorD               A augmentedA
The swiftness swept here life away.
A augmentedA
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
A augmentedA  E MajorE           A augmentedA
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.


CHORUS

A augmentedA
There's the South San Joaquin,
     D MajorD             A augmentedA
Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
A augmentedA
And there's a place called Mount Whitney
A augmentedA                   E MajorE  (E7E7) E9E9
>From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
      A augmentedA
Well, it's not deep nor wide,
A augmentedA     D MajorD           A augmentedA
But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
A augmentedA
And I may cross on the highway,
     E MajorE           A augmentedA
But I'll never swim Kern River again


CHORUS


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