Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) [Play the Am riff alternately with other small embellishments. The C riff is played nearly before every C note.] Am – Riff: C – Riff: e|---------------------0---|--------------0------| B|---3b--3--1----------1---|---1--3p1-----1------| G|---------------------2---|----------2---0------| D|-------------2--0----2---|--------------2------| A|---------------------0---|--------------3------| E|---------------------x---|--------------x------| Intro: Am F C G
Verse 1: Am F C - Riff: Up late with the hollowed out eyes C G Am - Riff: All the way to the river Am F C - Riff: Trying every last trouble on for size C G Am - Riff: All the way to the river Am F Who knows what she's gonna do C G All the way to the river Am F Not up to me, not up to you C G All the way to the river Interlude: Am F C G Verse 2: Am F Fumbling for the keys to her car C G All the way to the river Am F Empty bottles only go so far C G All the way to the river Am F Straight down Broadway, 3 AM C G All the way to the river Am F She's gone way past calling a friend C G All the way to the river Chorus: Am F All the way to the river C G Down on the bottom where the catfish moan Am F All the way to the river C G Dirty Nashville that's her home Solo: Am F C G 2x Verse 3: Am F C G Am – Riff: Mama don't you worry 'bout me, hmm Am F C G Am – Riff: Scribbled down with a fleur-de-lis, hmm Am F C G But how she gonna get through this night, hmm Am F C G How she ever gonna be alright, hmm Chorus: Am F All the way to the river C G Down on the bottom where the catfish moan Am F All the way to the river C G Dirty Nashville that's her home Verse 4 single strumms: Am F It takes cowardice and courage too C G All the way to the river Am F To leave this town before you're through C G All the way to the river regular strumming: Chorus: Am F All the way to the river C G Down on the bottom where the catfish moan Am F All the way to the river C G Dirty Nashville that's her home Am F All the way to the river C G Down on the bottom where the catfish moan Am F All the way to the river C G Dirty Nashville that's her home Am F C G All the way to the river That's her home Am F C G All the way to the river That's her home Am F C G All the way to the river That's her home Outro: Am F C G G Am