I decided to put the chords up because no-one else has yet. I personallly think this
song sounds better with capo on the second fret. and when you start the song hammer on the
E string twice.
Capo 2nd
Intro: G,C,D,Em,C,D,G
GC
baby's gone and i don't know why
DEm
she headed out this morning
C
like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
DG
she left me without warning
GC
sooner than the dogs could bark
DEm
faster than the sun rose
C
down to the banks in an old mule cart
DG
she took a flat boat 'cross the shallows
C
left me in my tears to drown
DEm
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
DG
she's crossing muddy waters
GC
tobacco standing in the fields
DEm
be rotten come november
C
and a bitter heart will not reveal
DG
a spring that love remembers
when that sweet brown girl of mine
hair black as a raven
we broke the bread and drank the wine
C
left me in my tears to drown
DEm
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
DG
she's crossing muddy waters
baby's crying and the daylight's gone
that big oak tree is groaning
in a rush of wind and a river song
i can hear my true love moaning
crying for her baby child
oh crying for her husband
crying for that rivers wild
to take her from her loved ones
C
left me in my tears to drown
DEm
she left a baby daughter
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
DG
she's crossing muddy waters
C
now the river's wide and deep and brown
DG
she's crossing muddy waters