Down Where The River Bends.
Dwight Yoakam & Ralph Stanley.
Album: Saturday Night & Sunday Morning.

Intro: A D A E A D A

A                               D
Hard to keep the tear out of my eyes,
               A               E
For this might be our last goodbye,
                   A                     D
Your country calls you to defend a great land,
           A    E           A
So do your part just like a man.

A                    D
Down where the river bends,
           A               E
With God's help we'll meet again,
          A                 D
Under the same old sycamore tree,
         A    E                        A
Proud of each other in the land of the free.

Break: D A E A D A E A6

        A                 D
I'll go down to the ocean blue,
                A                 E
And get just as close as I can to you,
         A                   D
This old ocean might keep us apart,
         A                  E         A
It won't keep you dear from out of my heart.

           Am7       D
Down where the river bends,
     A                     E
With God's help we'll meet again,
          A                 D
Under the same old sycamore tree,
         A      E                      A
Proud of each other in the land of the free.

Break: D A E7 A D A

A
If the worst should happen, 
                       D
And the poppies should wave,
              A              E
Over your far distant lonely grave,
                   A                  D
All the rest of my life I'll spend in prayer,
                 A       E                   A
I'll meet you in heaven, there'll be no wars there.

A                    D
Down where the river bends,
           A               E
With God's help we'll meet again,
          A6                D
Under the same old sycamore tree,
         A    E                        A
Proud of each other in the land of the free.