Rio Grande Chords

🎸 Verse 1: Em7 G Somewhere down south of here Em7 G C2 There's a woman with an armload of grass D Em7 Weaving a basket D Em* A7sus4 C2 That'll float the Rio Grande G C2 She'll send her baby on it G C2 A7sus4 The river running wild and fast D G To curry the favor D G C A7sus4 Of whatever Pharoah owns the land 🎸 Chorus: A7sus4* A seed of an idea (Bass G - B - A) Like mustard greens (Bass G - B - A) Like newborn fingers

Curled and half asleep G Awake Em7 🎸 Verse 2: Em7 G From her mouth, a vineyard Em7 G C2 Of swears and hallelujahs entwined D Em7 A new wine is vinted D Em* A7sus4 C2 A blend of sweet commandment G C2 Oh, to hell with the semantics G C2 A7sus4 The camel and the cable confide D G The eye of a needle D G C2 A7sus4 Is tall enough to stand inside 🎸 Chorus: A7sus4* A seed of an idea (Bass G - B - A) Like mustard greens (Bass G - B - A) Like newborn fingers Curled and half asleep G Awake with a thunder C2 G From underneath C2 G Stretch up and reach through C2 G The hardest part of me 🎸 Verse 3: Em7 May all our tinfoil idols G C2 D Lay crumpled on the ground D G And our pre-fab Olympus D G C2 Divided by the thousand G C2 Oh, maybe I'm naive for thinking G C2 D That a mountain so stubborn can move D Em7 But if I'm a mountain moving Em7 G I think maybe you can be, too Chord Instructions Em* xx2033 A7sus4 x02033 A7sus4* x02030