Ab   Eb  Db Ab
Eb Db
Ab  Eb  Db  Ab
Fm7  Bb7  Eb7
Ab Db Ab  Db
Ab   Eb  Gb  Db
B   Ab

[Verse 1]
         Eb                 Db          Ab
I've been walking too long, two long years
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Shake my head and wonder why I cried those tears
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Soles of my feet are burning, Lord
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And my eyes, they cannot see
     Ab                 Eb                 Gb          Db
Would you tell me why it is that these truths terrify me
     B         Ab
Yes, they terrify me


[Chorus]
              Eb             Db                Ab
Take me down to the river, down to the river then
           Eb                       Db
Sweet love got to walk beside me, hold my hand
Ab          Eb             Db          Ab
Down to the river, down to the river, Lord
            Eb                    Db        Ab
Sweet love got to hold me under, save my soul
                    E     Db
Yes, you've got to save my soul
            B        Ab
You've got to save my soul now
 E        Db
Save my soul
                    B       Ab
Yes, you've got to save my soul now

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
      Ab          Eb       Db          Ab
Spent most of my life confused and in pain
             Fm            Bb7       Eb7
Things I cannot even begin to explain
          Ab          Db      Ab7
It takes more than a glass of cool water
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To douse this flame
              Ab
Yes, with my peace and my cup
        Eb                   Gb
And my eyes turned up to heaven
Db
I'm just a beggar in the rain
   B                     Ab
Yes, a beggar in the rain, now


[Chorus]

              Eb     Db                Ab
Down to the river, down to the river then
                  Eb              Db
Sweet love got to walk beside me, hold my hand
Ab          Eb             Db          Ab
Down to the river, down to the river, Lord
            Eb                    Db        Ab
Sweet love got to hold me under, save my soul
E        Db
Save my soul
B   Ab
Save my soul
               E        Db
You've got to save my soul
B  Ab E        Db
Save, save it, Oh oh
B    Ab
Save my soul
         E    Db
Save my soul, Oh
B  Ab
Yeah yeah

[Outro]
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Ah,    yeah    yeah