Red River    (video)

 

    Bb - G - Bb - G (2x)

 

                       - Am                          G

1. She’s got a         3-D Jesus in a picture frame,

Am                                G                   - Bb - G - Bb - G

    got a child that she never named.

Am                                    G

    She shakes a snake above her hair,

Am                                                G                 - Bb - G - Bb - G

     talks in tongues when there’s no one there.

 

        Dm          Am   F

So meet me tonight at the Red River,

                  Dm        Am          F

where the water is clear and cold.

   Dm         Am    F

Meet me tonight at the Red River,

        Am                            D    Am                            D

and look down into your soul, look down into your soul.

 

+  Bb - G - Bb - G

 

                       - Am                     G

2. She’s got a        rosary and a rabbit’s foot,

Am                                   G                    - Bb - G - Bb - G

    a black cat bone that treats her good.

Am                               G

    A tiger tooth and a gris-gris stick

Am                 G                 - Bb - G - Bb - G

    still it don’t do the trick.

 

+  CHORUS             +  Bb - C    - Bb - C    - Bb - C - D

 

+  Bb - G - Bb - G (2x)

 

                     - Am                             G

3. I’m gonna         walk her down to gypsy town,

Am                                        G                 - Bb - G - Bb - G

    find the spirit queen I’ve seen around.

Am                                  G

    Paint her body up in mud and clay,

Am                              G              - Bb - G - Bb - G

    let the river wash it all away.

 

 

 

 

 

        Dm          Am   F

So meet me tonight at the Red River,

                  Dm        Am          F

where the water is clear and cold.

   Dm         Am    F

Meet me tonight at the Red River,

        Am                            D    Am                             D

and look down into your soul, look down into your soul.

 

     Am                            D

+ Look down into your soul !

 

    (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)