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Cotton Mouth River by Jim Croce
Cotton Mouth River
Capo:no capo
INTRO: G
G Em
Well I know that I shouldn't have done it
C D G
I know that it just wasn't right
G G/F# Em
'Cause they got me backed up to the Cotton Mouth River
C D G
And I can't cross late at night
CHORUS:
D G
Yeah there's lots of stories told about the Cotton Mouth River
C D
They tell them time and again
G G/F# Em
About the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
C D G
And never were heard from again
G Em
If I had my life to live over
C D G
I'd a gone to work that day
G G/F# Em
Instead of going into town and shooting him down
C D G
For a thing I never heard him say
CHORUS
G Em
Well I just made it through the cane break
C D G
And I got one foot in the mud
G G/F# Em
I can hear the hounds a baying but the snake around my ankle's
C D G
Telling me my running days are done
CHORUS (2x)
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
Eb Bb Cm
Well I know that I shouldn't have done it
Ab Bb Eb
I know it just wasn't right.
Eb Bb Cm
Cause they got me backed up to the Cottonmouth river
Ab Bb Eb
and I can't cross late at night.
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Ab
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
Bb
they tell them time and again,
Eb Bb Cm
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
Ab Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb
and never were heard from again.
[Verse 2]
Eb Bb Cm
Well if I had my life to live over,
Ab Bb Eb
I'd've gone to work that day
Eb Bb Cm
instead of going into town and shooting him down
Ab Bb Eb
for a thing I never heard him say.
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Ab
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
Bb
they tell them time and again,
Eb Bb Cm
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
Ab Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb
and never were heard from again.
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb Cm
Well, I'd just made it through the canebreak
Ab Bb Eb
I got one foot in the mud.
I can hear the hounds a-bayin'
Bb Cm Ab
but the snake around my ankle's telling me
Bb Eb
my running days are done.
[Chorus]
Bb Eb Ab
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
Bb
they tell them time and again,
Eb Bb Cm
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
Ab Bb Eb
and never were heard from again.
Bb Eb Ab
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
Bb
they tell them time and again,
Eb Bb Cm
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
Ab Bb Eb Ab Eb Bb
and never were heard from again.
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