River Washed Hair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][G][G]
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[Verse 1]
Re[C]member when we'd sit around an ol' fire
And you'd [G]get your guitar out to sing
We'd sing [F]CCR, "Jersey Giant,"
"Don't Look Back in Anger"
Or [C]anything by Bruce Spring[G]steen
[C]Back when ol' Anna
would throw her ol' hands up
[G]With her face framed by the fire
And [F]it got so late, we'd take hits from a joint
Mistake [C]shootin' stars for telephone [G]wires
And [C]now I've grown partial
to havin' a heart full
Of [G]memories I cannot bear
The [F]girls in summer clothes
and Lord knows the soft scent
Of her [C]long, dark, river-washed [G]hair

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
And [C]I think I might pack a bag in the night
Find [G]me some small town out west
Start [F]over, find closure and just say "I'm sorry"
To that [C]sweet girl who tore off that [G]dress
The [C]way the moon's crestin'
over green pines
Restin' next to [G]that coastline I rode
It [F]made me think of you
in the dirt out in Santa Fe
And [C]all of the good times I [G]stole
Re[C]member when Shawn was drunk
quotin' Kerouac
Re[G]member when Steve quit the band
[F]I don't know nothin', but if I knew somethin'
I'd [C]know that I've helped all I [G]can

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 3]
[C]I think it's about time that I sever it
[G]You've never looked more needy or desperate
And [F]I've never been more worried about
The [C]state of the world, angry [G]girl
The [C]time just stays passin',
I think of my dad
When the [G]Army and Navy game's on
And [F]every night, I wonder
if he's proud of the man
Who threw [C]fists that late night in his [G]lawn
I don't [C]like bein' famous,
they tame you, then paint you
As [G]someone that you've never been
And I'm [F]pissed that my mama
can't see me singin'
For this [C]crowd out in deep Michi[G]gan

[Verse 4]
And I'll [C]leave you with somethin',
don't leave with nothin'
Be [G]safe on your long drive home
There ain't [F]nothin' in this
poor man's apartment
[C]Apart from bein' a[G]lone
And [C]I wish you were around this time of year
[G]Every time they drop that ball
Drinkin' [F]parkin' lot beers
while the fire disappears
Over [C]Times Square and Webster [G]Hall

[Outro 1]
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