Ouachita River chords by Mary Heather Hickman

Prelude:
A5                       Am                    A5
    There's a body at the bottom of the Ouachita River.

Am



🎸 Verse:
Am                                   A
Jack Williams worked a ferry on the Ouachita River line
Am        Dm                                Am
For five-sixty-five an hour, he hauled them people side to side
     Dm
Our love was a rush like a flood in the spring
     Am
Our love was enough 'til the bridge came

Am

🎸 Verse:
     Am                             Am
Jack Williams took to drinking and givin' me black eyes
   Dm                             Am
Around that time I reckoned Jack wasn't quite my type
   Dm
I could've called the law
   Dm
I could've up and left
       E
But I took some rope and a bag of stones
      N.C.
And I tied him up instеad

🎸 Chorus:
C           G
Run, river, run
      Dm            F
Cover up what I've donе
Am     C          G              Dm
Carry away what's left of that sinner
         Am              C
There's secrets in the Arkansas sand
 G                   Dm
Mud on my boots and blood on my hands
       Dm*                       E*
And a body at the bottom of the Ouachita River

Am

🎸 Verse:
Am
Spring turned into summer
     Am
And Jack was never found
            Dm                                  Am
I guess the Bradley County Sheriff didn't miss havin' him around
      Dm
Now I walk across that bridge
           Dm
With a big smile on my face
        E
And I throw some yellow roses on Jack Williams' grave


🎸 Chorus:
C           G
Run, river, run
      Dm            F
Cover up what I've donе
Am     C          G              Dm
Carry away what's left of that sinner
         Am              C
There's secrets in the Arkansas sand
 G                   Dm
Mud on my boots and blood on my hands
       Dm*                       E*
And a body at the bottom of the Ouachita River

Am


🎸 Bridge:
     Dm
That bridge did him in in more ways than one
     Am
Ten feet of muddy water 'tween Jack and the sun
     Dm
That bridge did him in in more ways than one
     E
Ten feet of muddy water 'tween Jack and the sun

🎸 Chorus:
C           G
Run, river, run
      Dm            F
Cover up what I've donе
Am     C          G              Dm
Carry away what's left of that sinner
         Am              C
There's secrets in the Arkansas sand
 G                   Dm
Mud on my boots and blood on my hands
       Dm*                       E*
And a body at the bottom of the Ouachita River

Am

Post-🎸 Chorus:
Am         E                                  Am
There's a body at the bottom of the Ouachita River