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Somewhere Down The Crazy River by Robbie Robertson
Somewhere Down The Crazy River
Cm(ma7)
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Fm(ma7)
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Cm
Yeah, I can see it now
Cm(ma7) Cm
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
Cm(ma7) Fm
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
Fm(ma7)
You know where people play games with the night
Fm Fm(ma7)
God, it was too hot to sleep
Cm
I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
Cm(ma7)
All of a sudden I could hear somebody whistling
Cm
From right behind me
Cm(ma7)
I turned around and she said
Fm
Fm(ma7)
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
Fm G7
I said "I don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
Cm Cm(ma7)
She said "Hang the rich."
Fm Bb
Catch the blue train
Eb G7 Ab
To places never been before
Bb
Look for me
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Fm Bb
Catch the blue train
Eb G7 Ab
All the way to Kokomo
Bb
You can find me
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Cm
Take a picture of this
Cm(ma7) Cm Cm(ma7)
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Fm
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Fm(ma7)
Yea, that's when time stood still
Fm
G7
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
Cm
And let her read my mind
Cm(ma7)
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."
Db Eb Ab
I'm a man with a clear destination
Db Eb Fm
I'm a man with a broad imagination
Db Eb Ab G7
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
Cm
I can't find, ... no control
Fm Bb
Catch the blue train
Eb G7 Ab
To places never been before
Bb
Look for me
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Fm Bb
Catch the blue train
Eb G7 Ab
All the way to Kokomo
Bb
You can find me
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river
Cm
Wait, did you hear that
Cm Cm(ma7)
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
Cm
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Cm(ma7)
Is not to be afraid of it."
Fm Fm(ma7)
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
Fm
She said "You like it now
G7
But you'll learn to love it later."
Cm Cm(ma7)
I been spellbound - falling in trances
Cm Cm(ma7)
I been spellbound - falling in trances
Cm Cm(ma7)
You give me shivers - chills and fever
Cm Cm(ma7)
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river
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version 2
Intro: fades in on Cm, with lead guitar riff; G Eb G Eb, F D F D, Eb. 2x
(chords: Cm - Bb11, Cm - Bb11, Fm - Eb11 Fm -Eb11 )
(Cm - Bb11)
Yeah, I can see it now, the red-neon shivered in the heat.
I was feeling like a stranger, in a strange land,
You know, where people play games with the night.
(Fm - Eb11)
God, it was to hot to sleep,so I followed the sound of a juke-box,
Comin' from up the levee.
(Cm - Bb11)
All of the sudden I could hear the sound of some-one whistlin',
From right behind me, I turn around and she said;
(Fm - Eb11)
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe."
G
I said; "Oh, I don't know, the wind just kinda pushed me this way."
Cm
She said; "Hang the rich."
Fm Bb Eb G Fm Bb
Catch the Blue Train, place it's never been before, look for me,
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river, somewhere down the crazy river,
Fm Bb Eb G Fm Bb
Oooh, catch the Blue Train, all the way to Kokomo, you can find me,
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Somewhere down the crazy river, somewhere down the crazy river.
(Cm - Bb11)
Take a picture of this; fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy,
Layin' in the back seat, listening to "Little Willy John".
(Fm -Eb11)
Yeah, that's when time stood still, you know,
G
I think I'm gonna go down to Madame X...let her read my mind.
Cm
She said; "That voodoo stuff, don't do nothin' for me."
Fm Bb Eb Cm
I'm a man, with a, clear destination,
Fm Bb Eb Cm
I'm a man, with a, broad imagination.
Fm Bb Eb Cm
You fog the mind, you stir the soul.
G G7
I can't find, no control........whoa..oh,
(Chorus-as above)
(Cm - Bb11)
Wait, did you hear that?
Aah, this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me.
She said; "There's one thing you gotta learn...is not to be afraid of it."
(Fm - Eb11)
I said; "No, I like it, it's good."
G
She said; "You like it now, but you'll learn to love it later."
(Cm - Bb11)
I've been spellbound, falling in trances,
I've been spellbound, falling in trances,
Give me the shivers, give me the shivers,
Somewhere down the crazy river, (gradually fade out)
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