Bm/F# (xx4432)
[Intro]
Bm/F# (single stroke)
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If I were born to be a river
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If a river is all I'd be
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I'd tell the giver of all of the rivers
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to make me the Tennessee
[Verse 1]
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How many drops of rain roll off of how many window panes
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down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow
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I sing a mournful song as I rush and ramble along
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oh di oh di oh di o di o di o di o
[Verse 3]
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I bury secrets deep I keep them down where the catfish creep
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where the rolling tide can't reach the things that I hide
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I hum a mournful tune in the Alabama June
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oh di oh di oh di o di o di o di o
[Chorus]
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I say oh di di di di oh do do do do oh oh oh oh oh even the Tennessee river runs low
[Bridge]
Em
When the sky is bright and clear
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not a cloud above you
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you can float in knowing dear
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that I was made to love you
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When the storm is raging
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All the light is fading
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The river sings along with me
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reaching for that minor key
[Verse 4]
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Colour me blue and grey river carry me fast away
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Flood all the rocks and rills humble the mighty hill
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I am the Tennessee, see you down at the stormy sea
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oh di oh di oh di o di o di o di o
[Chorus]
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I say oh di di di di oh do do do do oh oh oh oh oh even the Tennessee river runs low
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The Tennessee river runs low
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Even the Tennessee river runs low
