Kern River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I'll never swim Kern River [G]again
It was there that I met her
It was there that I lost my best [D]friend
And now I [C]live in the mountains
I [Bm]drifted up here with the [C]wind
And I may [G]drown in still water
But I'll [D]never swim Kern River again
[G]

[Verse 2]
I grew up in an oil town
But my [C]gusher never came [G]in
And the river was a boundary
Where my darlin' and I use [D]to swim
[G]One night in the moonlight
The swift[C]ness swept her live [G]away
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
Lake [D]Shasta is where I will [G]stay
There's the South San Joaquin
Where the [C]seeds of the dust
bowl [G]are found
And there's a place called
Mount Whitney
From where the mighty Kern
River comes [D]down
Well, it's [G]not deep nor wide
But [C]it's a mean piece
of water my [G]friend
And I may cross on the highway
But I'll [D]never swim Kern River [G]again
I'll [C]never swim Kern River [G]again

[Verse 3]
It was [G]there I first met her
It was there that I lost my best [D]friend
And now I [C]live in the mountains
I [Bm]drifted up here with the [C]wind
And I may [G]drown in still water
But I'll [D]never swim Kern River

[Interlude 1]
again
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[Verse 4]
I'll [C]never swim Kern River [G]again
It was there I first met her
It was there that I lost my best [D]friend
And now I [C]live in the mountains
I [Bm]drifted up here with the [C]wind
And I may [G]cross on the highway
But I'll [D]never swim Kern River [G]again