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Down by the River

Neil Young
ChordsKeyDintermediate
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Chords in this song7

Intro

    

Verse

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby, 
there is no reason for you to hide. 
It's so hard for me stayin' here all alone 
when you could be takin' me for a ride,

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, yeah.
She could drag me over the rainbow 
and send me away. 

Chorus

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river,
dead, ooh, shot her dead.
    

Verse

You take my hand, I'll take your hand,
together we may get away.
This much madness is too much sorrow,
it's impossible to make it today.

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, ooh, ooh, yeah.
She could drag me over the rainbow
and send me away.

Chorus

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river,
dead, dead, woh, woh, shot her dead,
shot her dead.

Verse

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby,
there is no reason for you to hide.
It's so hard for me stayin' here all alone
when you could be takin' me for a ride,

Pre-Chorus

Yeah, yeah.
She could drag me over the rainbow
and send me away.

Chorus

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river,

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