Kern River chords by Merle Haggard (Ver. 2)

Kern River
Merle Haggard


CHORUS:

   D           A
I'll never swim Kern River again.
A
It was there that I met her.
A                E   E7
It was there that I lost my best friend.
     D
And now I live in the mountains.
 C#m           D
I drifted up here with the wind.
     A
And I may drown in still water,
     E           A
But I'll never swim Kern River again.

VERSE
    A
I grew up in an oil town,
    D         A
But my gusher never came in.
      A
And the river was a boundary
A                E  (E7) E9
Where my darlin' and I used to swim.


A
One night in the moonlight
D               A
The swiftness swept here life away.
A
And now I live on Lake Shasta and
A  E           A
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.


CHORUS

A
There's the South San Joaquin,
     D             A
Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
A
And there's a place called Mount Whitney
A                   E  (E7) E9
>From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
      A
Well, it's not deep nor wide,
A     D           A
But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
A
And I may cross on the highway,
     E           A
But I'll never swim Kern River again


CHORUS


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