Downstream chords by The Rainmakers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F#    B F#

Verse:

F#                            B    F#
Me and Mark Twain were having us a ball
F#                                         B    F#
Telling each other lies floating down from Hannibal
F#                             B    F#
With a bottle and a worm and a cane pole
F#                                    B       F#
We were fishing for secrets where the catfish crawl

Chorus:

F#                                  B   F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#                                    B   F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

Interlude:
A D x4

Verse:

F#                                                B   F#
Well we picked up Harry Truman floating down from Independence
F#                                  B    F#
We said what about the war, he said good riddance
F#                                   B              F#
We said what about the bomb, are you sorry that you did it
F#                                        B   F#
He said pass me that bottle and mind your own business


Chorus:
F#                                  B   F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#                                    B   F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

Solo:
A D x8

Verse:
F#                                         B   F#
We were rounding St. Louie and heading for the coast
F#                                        B   F#
When we picked up Chuck Berry in a little row boat
F#                                   B   F#
With one oar in the water and one in the air
F#                    B     F#
A lightning rod for a white guitar

     A                                   D      A
Then lightning struck once and lightning struck twice
      A                             D     A
And I said if there's a God he sure ain't nice
A                    D      A
Chuck said God is an Indian giver
  A                           D           A
I don't trust nothing but the Mississippi River


Chorus:
F#                                  B   F#
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
F#                                B   F#
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
F#                                    B   F#
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream

A                                   D   A
And the Mississippi River's flowing downstream
A                                 D   A
Meet the Gulf of Mexico somewhere downstream
A                                 D   A
Meet the Atlantic Ocean somewhere downstream
A                                     D   A
Gonna meet you in the water somewhere downstream


A D (repeat and fade)