"Bottom Of The River" [x indicates percussive guitar slap] [Chorus] [Am] Hold my hand [C] Ooh, baby, it’s a [G]long way down to the [D] bottom of the river [Am] Hold my hand, [C]Ooh, baby, it’s a [G]long way down, a [D]long way down [Verse 1] [Am]If you get [C]sleep or [G]if you get [D]none (The [Am]cock’s gonna [C]call in the [G]morning, [D]baby) [Am]Check the [C]cupboard for your [G]daddy’s [D]gun (Red sun rises like an early warning) [Am]The Lord’s gonna [C]come for your [G]first born [D]son (His hair’s on fire and his heart is burning) [Am]Go to the [C]river where the [G]water [D]runs (Wash him deep where the tides are turning) [Am] [Pre-Chorus] And [C]if [G]you [D]fall.... And [C]if [G]you [D]fall.... [Chorus] [Am]Hold my [x]hand [C]Ooh, [x] baby, it’s a [G]long way [x]down to the [D]bottom of the [x]river [Am]Hold my [x]hand, [C]Ooh, [x]baby, it’s a [G]long way [x]down, a [D]long way down [Verse 2] The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight (Drunk and driven by a devil’s hunger) Drive your son like a railroad spike (Into the water, let it pull him under) Don’t you lift him, let him drown alive (The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder) Let that fever make the water rise (And let the river run dry) [D]And I said [Chorus] Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river Hold my hand, Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down, a long way down Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long long long way Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down [Alternatively, you could use] [Am]If you get sleep or [C]if you get none (The [G]cock’s gonna call in the [D]morning, baby)
