Alison Krauss - Gentle River Chords & Tabs

Gentle River
Preformed by: Alison Krauss
Album: Too Late To Cry


Standard Tuning

        e a g d b e

a       0 0 2 2 2 0
Bm      2 2 4 4 3 0 (Barred)
C       0 3 2 0 1 0
d       X 0 0 2 3 2
D7      X 0 0 2 1 2
g       3 2 0 0 3 3
--------------------
D4      X 4 0 2 3 2
D2      X 2 0 2 3 2
D0      X 0 0 2 3 2


For each of the chords, play the bass note of each for the first beat. For D and D7, 
play the open D, not the open A

For the first phrase of the chorus and instrumental break, walk down the A string for 
the bass notes (I use my pink finger). They are represented as D4, D2 and D0


Intro Riff
e------------|
b------------|
g------------|
d------------|
a--0--2--4---|
E------------|


Intro chords
d  a  Bm  D7
g     a
d  a  Bm  D7
g  a  d   C


d               a               Bm      D7
I've  lived  a  life  full  of  sorrow
      g                       a
With  no  where  to  run  or  to  hide
d                  a        Bm        D7
Happiness  you'll  see  is  borrowed
     g            a            d
All  I  want  is  you  by  my  side

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/alison_krauss/gentle_river_crd.html ]
d       d  D4 D2 D0        g
Gentle  river    take  me  away
         a                   d
to  the  time  of  happier  days
        d    D4       Bm        g
All  I  need  is  love  and  company
        d   a                        d    C  d
Gentle  river  bring  him  back  to  me

Instrumental Break
d  D4 D2 D0   g     g
a                d  C  d  a


          d                 a        Bm    D7
You  can  spend  all  your  time  a'cryin
        g                           a
Listen  here  I  don't  need  your  sympathy
  d               a                Bm      D7
Cause  I've  made  my  life  to  live  it
  g             a                   d
All  I  need  is  you  here  with  me...



d       d  D4 D2 D0        g
Gentle  river    take  me  away
         a                   d
to  the  time  of  happier  days
        d    D4       Bm        g
All  I  need  is  love  and  company
        d   a                        d    C  d
Gentle  river  bring  him  back  to  me


        d   a                            d  C  
g d
Gentle  river  bring  em' back  to...    me