Cold River

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Verse 1: G Well he packed up his suitcase C G D 'Cause the deal gone down D She was slipping on her stockings C G Lord it made the sweetest sound 🎸 Verse 2: G There was a baby in the reeds C G D Along the river outside of town D As he wound his pocket watch C G To set time spinnin' 'em all around

🎸 Verse 3: G Wasn't long they'd be forgetting C G D This old rainy Texas day D Little fella wasn't meant C G For this old world anyway 🎸 Verse 4: G Gambling and whoring C G D Hiding from plain view D Tell me which one of us rounders C G Would you trust this poor child to? 🎸 Chorus: C G D G You just roll on cold ri-ver D G C Wash little Moses down Em D G Em C G We've got busi-ness to at-tend to D G C In Chicago town C G D G In Chi-ca-go town 🎸 Verse 5: G Well they rolled out of Austin C G D On some kind of cattle train D She'd been with him for a year C G Didn't know his second name 🎸 Verse 6: G He worked the small towns hustling nine ball C G D She hooked the truck stops too D They were trying to make Chicago C G Before the winter come blowing through 🎸 Verse 7: G Some trucker sprang a leak C G D In California they supposed D Started working Arizona C G Lord she missed the Bloody Rose 🎸 Verse 8: G They rambled through the southwest C G D Making money and making time D But they never could find no help C G Not a doctor, not that kind 🎸 Chorus: C G D G You just roll on cold ri-ver D G C Wash little Moses down Em D G Em C G We've got busi-ness to at-tend to D G C In Chicago town C G D G In Chi-ca-go town 🎸 Verse 9: G Some women love their babies C G D Some women won't have one D Some Texas woman found him C G And we're still on the run 🎸 Verse 10: G The kind of life we're living C G D He'd only slow us down D Ain't good for nothing anyway C G Just rambling town to town 🎸 Chorus: C G D G You just roll on cold ri-ver D G C Wash little Moses down Em D G Em C G We've got busi-ness to at-tend to D G C In Chicago town C G D G In Chi-ca-go town 🎸 Verse 11: G Well he unpacked his suitcase C G D She pulled her stockings down D Dreaming up a pool hall C G And shooting up a round 🎸 Verse 12: G She thought about tomorrow C G D When the money rolled around D That night they slept like babies C G In Chicago town