Intro: Em G D Am C G D Am
Em G D Am C G D Em
G D Am
Mother Red River, she wind like a copperhead
C G D Am
Coils and boils over Dennison Dam
Em G D Am
Little white houses, eggs on the rocky bed
C G C D
I am the son of the serpent, I am
G G/F# Em D G
Raised on the river, washed in the blood
D Em
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud
D G
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round
D Em
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County
INTERLUDE: G D Am C G D Em
G D Am
My uncle, Little Tree, dreams of another life
C G D Am
Coddles his cattle and he rents his range
Em G D Am
Holds the fan to the face of his pretty wife
C G C D
She knows nothing ain't ever gonna change, she was
G G/F# Em D G
Raised on the river, washed in the blood
D Em
Blood runs thicker than bottomland mud
D G
And the wheel sinks deeper as the years spin 'round
D Em
Thirty bad summers in Tillman County
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