Old Rivers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]How old was I when I
first [G]seen old Rivers?
Well, I can't remember
when he weren't [A]around.
That [G]old fella, he did a heap of work.
He spent his whole life
walking [A]plowed [D]ground.
He had that one room shack,
[G]not far from us,
[D]well, we was about as poor as [A]him.
And [D]he had one old mule,
he called him Mid[G]night,
and I'd trail along after [A]them.[D]
He'd plow them rows,
[G]just straight and[Ab] deep,[G]
and I'd follow along [A]behind.
I'd be busting [G]up clods
with my own bare feet.
That old Rivers,
[D]he was a [A]friend of [D]mine.
Now that sun would get high,
that [G]old mule, he'd work.
Finally, [D]old Rivers, he'd say, [G]whoa.[A]
[D]He'd wipe his frown,
he'd lean back [G]on them rains.
Then he'd talk about that
[D]place he's gonna [G]go.
One of these days,
I'm gonna climb that moun[D]tain.
[A]Go walk up there among them cloud[D]s.
[A]Well, [G]that cotton's high
and that [D]corn's a -growin'
An[A]d there ain't no fields[Bb] to p[D]low[Eb][E]
[A]I got a letter today,
it's [Ab]from the folks back home
They [Eb]all fine, c[A]rops is [G]dry[D]
[Eb]Down near [Ab]the end, Mom said,
With sun, you [Eb]know what old rivers die in.
[A]Wel[G]l, [Eb]I'm [Cm]sitti[Eb]ng here now,
in this new [A]cloud [Ab]earth,[A]
[Ab]just looking for a little [Eb]shade.[A]
[Bb]With that sun [Eb]beating
down across them [Ab]fields,
I say, that [Bb]mew old rivers[Eb] and me.
[Ab]Now one of these days,
I'm gonna [Eb]climb that mountain.
[Bb]I'm gonna walk up there
among them [A]clouds.
[Eb]Well, that [Ab]cotton's high,
and that [Eb]corn's growing,
[Bb]an d there ain't no fields
[Eb]to plow.[Ab][Eb]
That mule, the old rivers, and [D]me.