Banks Of The Rio Grande chords by Lizzie No

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: C

Intro:
 (bandcamp: drums on 0:31, first chord on 0:36)
 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   :
 G               | G               :

Verse 1:
       G                     G
see my feet, they brought me down from queens to dallas
       G                              D
with a song to sing and everything to prove
       D            D
see my hands, every knuckle bruised and bloodied
         D                                G
from the fighting for my life i've had to do
       C                C
see my face, turned the other cheek so often
          C                                       Em
that both sides wear matching shades of black and blue
              D              D*
thought i was through

Chorus:
      G                                    G
but tonight i saw the lights that shimmer along
                           Bm         D
the muddy banks of the rio grande and how my spirit swam that river
D                    G
yearning to be free again,
C
thirty years i've worn these chains
C                                  Em
true, i've grown accustomed to the weight
                      D   D           G             G
may i live to see the day   when they break

Verse 2:
          G           G
so i went back to california in the winter
         G                                    D
when the smoke from distant fires was hanging low
                 D            D
and the love was gone all the streets were paved with money
         D                                  G
and deep concrete lay where flowers used to grow
          C              C
but in my dreams i could soar above the redwoods
        C                              Em
still untouched by gods above or men below
        D              D
then i awoke

Chorus:
      G                                    G
and tonight i saw the lights that shimmer along
                           Bm         D
the muddy banks of the rio grande and how my spirit swam that river
D                    G
yearning to be free again,
C
thirty years i've worn these chains
C                                  Em
true, i've grown accustomed to the weight
                      D   D          (G)
may i live to see the day   when they break

Interlude:
 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   :
 G               | G               | C               | C               :
 Em              | D               | D               :

Verse 3:
           G            G
i know the names of the rich men hunkered
                  G                            D
down behind their iron gates who never see the sky
               D            D
and i heard em say that the rest of us should hew their wood
    D                             G
and haul their dirty water til we die
             C             C
but it might be that their day is nearly over
          C                               Em
there's a brilliant moon a hummin soon to rise
             D            D
i think it's time

Chorus:
      G                                    G
and tonight i saw the lights that shimmer along
                           Bm         D
the muddy banks of the rio grande and how my spirit swam that river
D                    G
yearning to be free again,
C
thirty years i've worn these chains
C                                  Em
true, i've grown accustomed to the weight
                      D   D          (G)
may i live to see the day   when they break

Outro:
 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   :
 G               | G               | G               | G               :
 G               | G               | G               | G               :
 G               | G               | G               | G               :
 G*              |: