The Great Divide Chords
The Great Divide by Reba McEntire is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, Dm and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
G C
Well, I could swear this king size bed keeps getting wider
G C
And I could swear a stranger's laying by my side
F Am Dm G7 C F
And I could swear a long dark valley lies between us
C G F G C
And there ain't no way to cross the great divide
F G C F
The great divide ain't in Colorado
C F C Dm G
It's the distance that we've somehow grown apart_____
F G C F
The great divide, oh, that river's sorrow
C G C
We can't rebuild that bridge we burned between our hearts
G C
And lord knows we both tried hard at crossing rivers
G C
But pride runs as deep as it is wide
F Am Dm G7 C F
And the love that once could conquer any mountain
C G F G C
Has reached the edge of the great divide
F G C F
The great divide ain't in Colorado
C F C Dm G
Oh, it's the distance that we've somehow grown apart_____
F G C F
The great divide, oh, that river's sorrow
C G C
We can't rebuild that bridge we burned between our hearts
F G C F C
The great divide ain't in Colorado_____