Capo 2 Intro: Am Verse 1: Am I was fifteen when my daddy died, Momma worked two jobs just to get by. It seemed like a blessing when Harley came around, Em Am So she took his name but I had my doubts. Verse 2: Am It didnt' take long for his drinking ways To start showin up on Momma's face One violent night hiding under my bed Em Am I swore that he'd never see another sunset Pre-Chorus: Fsus2 C G Next day I followed him down to the river bank F C E7#9 I knew one of us wouldn't walk away Chorus: Am I mighta had a plan but he didn't know it I mighta been scared but I didn't show it C G Am That's all between the river and me Am With the current and the rocks it could have been risky He might have been sober but I brought the whiskey C G Am And that's all between the river and me Verse 3: Am I walked up to him and I said his name Just so he could see the look on my face We stood eye to eye and toe to toe Em Am When I told him that he wasn't gonna come back home Fsus2 C G He raised his fist to me but I didn't flinch F C E7#9 I said- "I ain't your son you son of a b***h" Chorus 2: Am I mighta had a knife in my back pocket I mighta pulled it out before he saw it C G Am That's all between the river and me Am I mighta had a gun but I didn't fire it He mighta tried to yell but I kept him quiet C G Am That's all between the river and me C G Am That's all between the river and me A5 - - E7#9 - - Am - - Em - - Am Verse 4: Am The sheriff came knockin on our front door Said they found his body by the reservoir Bottle in his shirt, liquor in his blood Em Am Must have fallen in the river and he never came up Chorus 3: Am Might've been blood but they never saw it Just a little mud on the living room carpet C G Am That's all between the river and me Am But after what he did, no, there ain't no wonder Can't remember how long I held him under C G Am That's all between the river and me C G Am That's all between the river and me--- yeeaah C G Am That's all between the river and me C G Am#9 That's all, that's all.