Down by the River

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

7  7  7   7
Be on my side,
 7   7  -7  -7   6    6 -6
I'll be on your side, baby
  7   7  7   7  7
There is no reason
 7  -7  -7 -7 6
for you to hide
 7   7   7    7  7
It's so hard for me
 -7 -7   -7   6  6 6 -6
staying here all a-lone
 7    7    7   7
When you could be
 7  7  -7 -7  7 -8 7
taking me for a ride.

 -8   7 -8 7 -6
Yeah, yeah----- 

-9   -9    -9  -9
she could drag me
8 8  -8   8  7 -8 8
over the rainbow---,
-8   -8  7 -7 7 6 -6 
and send me a-way---
 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
-9 9   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by
 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
 -8
Dead, 
-8 7 -7 -7 7 -6  
oh-------------, 
 7    7  -8 -7
shot her dead-.

 7   7   7   7
You take my hand,
 7    -7   -7   6
I'll take your hand
-6 7  7  7   7   7  7 7 -8 
Together we may get a-way-
 7    7    7  7
This much madness
7   7   -7   6 -6
is too much sorrow
 7    7 7 7 7
It's impossible
7   -7  -7  7 -8
to make it today.

-8 7 -7
Yeah---,
-8  7
oh, oh
7 -6
Yeah

-9    -9   -9  -9
She could drag me
8 8  -8   8  7 -8 8
over the rainbow---,
-8   -8  7 -7 7 6 -6
and send me a-way---
 -9  8  -8 7 8 -8 -8
Down by the- riv--er
-9 8   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by
 -9  8  -8 7 8 -8 -8 
Down by the- riv--er,
-8 7 -6  
Dead---, 
-8 7 -7 7 -7 -6  -7 -6
dead--- oh-----, oh---,
 -6   6   -6
shot her dead.

7  7  7   7
Be on my side,
 7   7  -7  -7   6    6 -6
I'll be on your side, baby
  7   7  7   7  7
There is no reason
 7  -7  -7 -7 6
for you to hide
 7   7   7    7  7
It's so hard for me
 -7 -7   -7   6  6 6 -6
staying here all a-lone
 7    7    7   7
When you could be
 7  7  -7 -7  7 -8 7
taking me for a ride.

-9   -9    -9  -9
she could drag me
8 8  -8   8  7 -8 8
over the rainbow---,
-8   -8  7 -7 7 6 -6 
and send me a-way---
 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
-9 9   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by

 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
-9 9   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by

 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
-9 9   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by

 -9  8  -8  8 -8 -8 
Down by the ri-ver-
-9 9   8 7 8 -8 -8
I shot my- ba---by

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