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River Deep Mountain High by Turner Ike And Tina

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"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 [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
        When...            girl...
                                 Bb
        The only...             owned
                                 Eb
        Now I...                way...
                                  Bb
        But only...              grown

F7                   Bb
        And...      stronger...         way
                    F7               Bb
        And...      deeper...       say
                    F7               Bb
        And...      higher...       day

Chorus:

        Ab                      [single notes: Ab G Ab Bb Ab G Ab]
        Do I...
            Bb                          [single notes: Bb A Bb C Bb A Bb]
        Yeh river...
            Ab                        [single notes: Ab G Ab Bb Ab G Ab]
        And if...
        Bb
        Oh, how...
        (Bb)             [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 [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
          I love you...
          And I love...

        bass changes to Eb [2x]:

               Eb
          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                                [N.C.]  Bb         [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
          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 [implied]                                   Bb [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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River Deep Mountain High Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Chords: Bb, C, Eb, F7, Ab, G, A, E