Green River Chords

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Green River by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E7, E, C and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: E7  

E  
Well take me back down where cool water flows yeah.  
E  
Let me remember things I love  
E  
Stoppin at the log where catfish bite  
C  
Walkin along the river road at night  
A                                     E7  
Barefoot girls dancin in the moonlight  

E  
I can hear the bullfrog callin me.  
E  
Wonder if my ropes still hangin to the tree.  
E  
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water.  
C  
Shoefly, dragonfly, get back to your mother.  
A                                               E7      C  A  
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across green river.  

E  
Up at codys camp I spent my days, oh,  
E  
With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers  
E  
. old cody, junior took me over,  
C  
Said, youre gonna find the world is smouldering.  
A                                               E7  
And if you get lost come on home to green river.  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante