Capo: 3rd Fret G (mute) Take me down to the river D Where I can hold your body close to mine C D We'd listen to the rhythm C D Of that old water rollin C D G You can stay with me until the morning light G I found you in a Louisiana roadside park D Beat up, broke down no place left to turn C D C D I took you back to Texas under a harvest moon C D G We found a little place to call our own G We shared all the hopes and dreams of our younger years D Married at the tender age of twenty-one C D C D Rollin' down the highways, dirt roads and the byways C D G Would you like to drive so I would go shotgun CHORUS G We'd go down to the river D Where I could hold your body close to mine C D We'd listen to the rhythm C D Of that old water rollin C D G You can stay with me until the morning light G Somewhere through the year somebody turned your head D And has taken my sweet love so far from me C D Yeah he swept you off to Boulder C D Where the air it gets much colder C D G Than this southern boy would ever like to see G I think of calling you on lonely nights D When being alone gets the best of me C D Yeah but this here whiskey bottle C D Will take me to a place C D G Where you and I will always be CHORUS A When you came back home everybody said I was a fool E 'Cause I took you back without a word to say D E D E But I couldn't go on living thinkin' about all I was missin' D E A And I dont give a damn about what those people say. CHORUS A We'd go down to the river E Where I could hold your body close to mine D E We'd listen to the rhythm D E Of that old water rollin D E A You can stay with me until the morning light A I wanna go down to the river A Take me down to the river A I wanna go down to the river AA-E-D