always difficult to transcribe something sung a cappella
Chorus:
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E B D
Ooh baby it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E D B
Ooh baby it's a long way down a long way down
1st verse:
B D F# B
If you get sleep or if you get none
F# E D B
The cock's gonna call in the morning baby
B D F# B
Check the cupboard for your daddy's gun
F# E D B
Red sun rises like an early warning
E G B E
The Lord's gonna come for your first born son
B A G E
His hair's on fire and his heart is burning
B D F# B
So go to the river where the water runs
F# E D B
Wash him deep where the tides are turning
bridge:
F# E
And if you fall
G F#
If you fall
Chorus:
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E B D
Ooh baby it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E D B
Ooh baby it's a long way down a long way down
2nd verse:
B D F# B
The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight
F# E D B
Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger
B D F# B
Drive your son like a railroad spike
F# E D B
Into the water let it pull him under
E G B E
Don't you lift him let him drown alive
B A G E
The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder
B D F# B
Let that fever make the water rise
F#
And let the river run dry
And I said
Chorus x 2
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E B D
Ooh baby it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
F# E
Hold my hand
F# E D B
Ooh baby it's a long way down a long way down