River Deep Mountain High chords by Turner Ike And Tina

Chords with lyrics

"River Deep - Mountain High"
          (Jeff Barry - Ellie Greenwich - Phil Spector)
                Ike & Tina Turner
                   1966

Intro:

    bass [doubled by piano and other instruments hidden in the Wall Of
       Sound]:

      Bb majorBb [implied]                    [N.C.]
      v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  V
    --|3-3-1-3---1-----|------------|----------------|--------
    3-|------------3---|1-3-----1---|----------------|--------
    --|----------------|------------|1-1---1---------|1-------
    --|----------------|------------|----4-------1---|--------
              [3/4]    [4/4]

Verse 1:

              Eb MajorEb
    When...      girl...
                 Bb majorBb
    The only...       owned
                 Eb MajorEb
    Now I...        way...
                 Bb majorBb
    But only...       grown

          F7F7          Bb majorBb
    And...   stronger...     way
          F7F7        Bb majorBb
    And...   deeper...    say
          F7F7        Bb majorBb
    And...   higher...    day

Chorus:

    AbAb           [single notes: AbAb G+G AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb G+G AbAb]
    Do I...
      Bb majorBb             [single notes: Bb majorBb A augmentedA Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb A augmentedA Bb majorBb]
    Yeh river...
      AbAb            [single notes: AbAb G+G AbAb Bb majorBb AbAb G+G AbAb]
    And if...
    Bb majorBb
    Oh, how...
    (Bb majorBb)       [N.C.]
    Baby baby...

[Repeat intro]

Verse 2:

    When you...
    That always...
    Well I'm...
    Though I'll...

    'Cause it...
    And it gets...
    And it gets...

[Repeat chorus]

Bridge:

    bass [as per intro, 2x, conga enters 2nd time]:

        Bb majorBb [implied]
     v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ------|----------------|----6-----
    --6-7-|8-8---------6-7-|8-6---8---
    8-----|----------8-----|----------
    ------|----------------|----------

    bass repeats as above:

    Bb majorBb
     I love you...
     And I love...

    bass changes to Eb MajorEb [2x]:

        Eb MajorEb
     v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ------|-----------------|-----9-----
    --9-10|11-11--------9-10|11-9---11--
    11----|-----------11----|-----------
    ------|-----------------|-----------
     And I love...

    back to Bb:

        Bb majorBb                [N.C.] Bb majorBb     [N.C.]
     v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ------|----------------|----6-----------|----------------|--
    --6-7-|8-8---------6-7-|8-6---8---6---8-|----------6---8-|--
    8-----|----------8-----|--------8-------|--------8-------|--
    ------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--
     And I love...

    bass [6x, w/ full band]:

        Bb majorBb
     v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ------|----------------|----6-----
    --6-7-|8-8---------6-7-|8-6---8---
    8-----|----------8-----|----------
    ------|----------------|----------

[Repeat chorus]

Coda:

    bass [as per intro]:

      Bb majorBb [implied]                  Bb majorBb [end cold]
      v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    --|3-3-1-3---1-----|------------|----------------|---
    3-|------------3---|1-3-----1---|----------------|---
    --|----------------|------------|1-1---1---------|1--
    --|----------------|------------|----4-------1---|---
              [3/4]    [4/4]

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