All The Way To The River chords by John Hiatt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

[Play the Am riff alternately with other small embellishments.
The C riff is played nearly before every C note.]

Am – Riff:                    C – Riff:
e|---------------------0---|--------------0------|
B|---3b--3--1----------1---|---1--3p1-----1------|
G|---------------------2---|----------2---0------|
D|-------------2--0----2---|--------------2------|
A|---------------------0---|--------------3------|
E|---------------------x---|--------------x------|


Intro:
Am  F  C  G

Verse 1:

Am               F                   C - Riff:
Up late with the hollowed out eyes
C                  G       Am - Riff:
All the way to the river
Am                 F                   C - Riff:
Trying every last trouble on for size
C                  G       Am - Riff:
All the way to the river
Am               F
Who knows what she's gonna do
C                  G
All the way to the river
Am            F
Not up to me, not up to you
C                  G
All the way to the river

Interlude:
Am  F  C  G

Verse 2:

Am               F
Fumbling for the keys to her car
C                  G
All the way to the river
Am                 F
Empty bottles only go so far
C                  G
All the way to the river
Am                      F
Straight down Broadway, 3 AM
C                  G
All the way to the river
Am                   F
She's gone way past calling a friend
C                  G
All the way to the river

Chorus:

Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                            G
Down on the bottom where the catfish moan
Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                G
Dirty Nashville that's her home

Solo:

Am  F  C  G  2x

Verse 3:

Am              F              C           G   Am – Riff:
Mama don't you worry 'bout me, hmm
Am                    F             C          G   Am – Riff:
Scribbled down with a fleur-de-lis, hmm
Am                    F                   C       G
But how she gonna get through this night, hmm
Am                 F            C           G
How she ever gonna be alright, hmm

Chorus:

Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                            G
Down on the bottom where the catfish moan
Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                G
Dirty Nashville that's her home


Verse 4 single strumms:

Am                     F
It takes cowardice and courage too
C                  G
All the way to the river
Am                 F
To leave this town before you're through
C                  G
All the way to the river


regular strumming:

Chorus:

Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                            G
Down on the bottom where the catfish moan
Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                G
Dirty Nashville that's her home

Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                            G
Down on the bottom where the catfish moan
Am                 F
All the way to the river
C                G
Dirty Nashville that's her home

Am         F                 C           G
             All the way to the river      That's her home
Am         F                 C           G
             All the way to the river      That's her home
Am         F                 C           G
             All the way to the river      That's her home

Outro:

Am  F  C  G     G  Am