Back Down The River chords

John Martyn

Simplify chords 

  			Full credit for this goes to Jared White (*), so please 
feel free to flame him for my typing mistakes. 


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Transcribed by Jared White. 

CACGCE tuning. 
. 

4/4 timing, MM = 138. 


INTRO: 

||-0h3-------3---5-|-3---------0-----|-1---------1---0-|-1-----1---------| 
||-------0---------|---0---5-------0-|-------0---------|---0-------0---0-| 
||-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
||-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-0h2-----2-------|-2-------2-------| 
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 


|-0h3-------5p3---|-----3-----3-----|-1---------1-----|-1-----1---------|| 
|-------0-------0-|---5---5-------0-|-------0-------0-|---0-------0-----|| 
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2---------0-|| 
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-0h2-----2-------|-2-------2---0---|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| 


VERSE: 

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
||------------------|---------------0-|-------0---------|-----------0-----| 
||*-----------------|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0---0-|-----0---------0-| 
||*-----0---------0-|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---| 
||--------------3---|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----3-----------| 
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| 
          I know that we're gonna be together you and me 


|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|---------------0-|-------0---------|-----------0-----| 
|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0---0-|-----0---------0-| 
|-----0---------0-|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---| 
|-------------3---|-----3-----------|-----------------|-----3-----------| 
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| 
       For more than a rhyme or two your time belongs to me 


|-3---------3---5-|-3---------3-----|-1---------3p1---|---1-------1-----| 
|-------0---------|---0---5-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-| 
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
|-0h4-----4-------|-4-------4-------|-0h2-----2-------|-2-------2-------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
  Rowing back down my river           Chasing my tail to the sea 


|-3---------3-----|---3-------3-----|-1---------1-----|-----1------------|| 
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-----0------------|| 
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-----2---0-*|| 
|-0h4-----4-------|-4-------4-------|-0h2-----2-------|-2-------2---0---*|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| 
  Rowing back down my river           Trying my best to be me 


ENDING: 
                > 
||-------3p0h3---3-|-------5p3-----1-|-------1---0-1---|---1---0-1-------| 
||-----------0-----|---0-------0-----|-------0-------0-|-----------0---0-| 
||-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
||-0h4-----4-------|-4-------4-------|-0h2-----2-------|-2-------2-------| 
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 


|----0-3---3-------|---5p3-------3---|---1---0-1-----1-|---1---0-1-------| 
|--------0---0---0-|-------0---5---0-|-----------0---0-|-----------0---0-| 
|------4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
|-/4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 


|---0h3-3-3-------|---0h3-3-3-------|---1---0-1-----1-|---1---0-1-----1-| 
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-----------0---0-|-----------0---0-| 
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 


|---1---0-1-----1-|---1---0-1-----1-|---1---0-1-----1-|---1---0-1-------| 
|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0---0-| 
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| 
|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 
                    ritardando........................................... 

|----------------|---------------|| 
|----------------|---------------|| 
|----------------|---------------|| Fine. 
|----------------|---------------|| 
|----------------|---------------|| 
|-0--------------|---------------|| 


LYRICS: 

I know that we're gonna be together you and me 
For more than a rhyme or two your time belongs to me 
Rowing back down my river 
Chasing my tail to the sea 
Rowing back down my river 
Trying my best to be me 

Watching your crazy ways and all the lazy days 
Digging you more and more the more I see your face 
Rowing back down my river 
Trying my best to be free 
Rowing back down my river 
Chasing my tail to the sea 

Watching the simple things to help me go along 
Loving the notes you bring to help me sing my song 
Rowing back down my river 
Trying my best to be me 
Rowing back down my river 
Singing my songs to the sea 

I know that we're gonna be together you and me 
For more than a time or two your rhymes belong to me 
Rowing back down my river 
Chasing my tail to the sea 
Rowing back down my river 
Trying my best to be me