Old Rivers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
How old was I [C]when
I first seen old [G]Rivers?
Well, just can[D]'t recall
when he [Ab]wer [G]en't around.
Well, that old feller [C]sure done
a heap [G]of work,
[D]Spent his whole [G]life walking
[D]plowed [G]ground.
He had a one [C]-room shack
not far from [G]us,
And well, we was about [D]as poor as him
And [G]he had one old mule
he called Midnight
[C]And I'd trail alo[G]ng after the[D]m[G]
He used to plow them roads
straight and [C]deep
And I'd come along [G]there [D]behind
Of bust[Ab]ing up [G]clods
with my own two [C]feet
Old Rivers [G]was a friend of [D]mine[G]
When the sun would get high
and [C]that mule would work
[G]And old Rivers would finally say, [D]whoa
[G]He'd wipe his brow and
lean [C]back on the reins
And [G]talk about a place [D]he
was gonna [G]go
[C]Sayin' one of these days
I'm gon[G]na climb that mountain
[D]Walk up there among them [G]clouds
When [C]the cotton's high
and the corn's a -growin'
[G]And there ain't no fields
[D]to plo[G]w[Ab]
[Eb][Ab]
Got a letter today
from the [Db]folks back home
[Ab]They're all fine, crops [Eb]are [Ab]dry
Down near the end,
Mom [Db]said I guess [Ab]you know, rivers [Eb]die[Ab][G]
I sit [Ab]here now, this new cloud [Db]earth,
trying [Ab]to find me a little shade
[Eb]with [Ab]the sun beating down
across the [Db]fields I see,
[Ab]that view [Eb]for rivers and m[Ab]e.
[C]Now one of these [Db]days,
[Ab]I'm going to climb that [Eb]mountain,
walk [Ab]up there among them clouds,[Db]
When [Ab]the cotton's high
and the corn's a -grow[Eb]in'
And [Ab]there ain't no fields to [Db]plow
With the sun [Ab]beatin' down
across the fields I see
[Ab]That mule, old rivers,
and me you