Down Where The River Bends Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays407

Down Where The River Bends by Dwight Yoakam is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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            A                    D 
Its hard to keep tears out of my eyes 
           A               E  
This might be our last goodbye 
                  A                     D  
Our 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 and the land of the free 


I go down to the ocean blue 
Its just as close as I came to you 
This old ocean might keep us apart 
But it won't keep you dear out of my heart 

If the worst should happen and the poppies should wave 
Over your far distant, lonely grave 
All the rest of my life I'll spend in prayer 
I'll meet you in heaven, there'll be no war there 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante