Grass Roots - The River Is Wide (First Version)
 Grass Roots - The River Is Wide First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Grass Roots. Other chords and tabs for the "The River Is Wide" can find at the bottom of the page. "The River Is Wide" (Knight - Admire) Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first - in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer. Intro: F Eb/F F v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v -/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X-- ^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum ^ snare Verse 1: Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F v v v v v v v v -/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/--- Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F The sky was clear on that windy day Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F Bb Eb/F 'Til the clear blue sky began to turn to gray Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb Eb /Bb The lightning flashed, the thunder roared above F /C F /C F /C F Then fell a drop of rain to start our love Chorus: Ebm7 Ab [1: Let the river get wide], the river gets long, now [2: And the river gets wide] Dbmaj7 Bbm The water runs deep as our love gets strong now Ebm7 Ab So baby, don't you fight and say you belong now 1: Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars] 2: Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars] 3-5: Fm7-5/Cb Bb To me Verse 2: Upon the roof we heard the gentle rain With the rhythm of our heartbeats, down it came As it hit each drop our hearts could feel the pain No one on earth can stop a drop of rain [repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers |
