Cotton Mouth River Jim Croce
Lyrics and guitar chords
Well I k
I
'Cause
And I
Yeah there's
About the
And
Instead of
For a
Well I
And I
I can
Telling
G
now that I shouldn't have dEm
one itI
C
know that it D
just wasn't G
right'Cause
G
they got me backed up to the G/F#
Cotton Mouth Em
RiverAnd I
C
can't cross D
late at G
nightYeah there's
D
lots of stories told about the G
Cotton Mouth RiverC
They tell them time and aD
gainAbout the
G
men who tried to cross that G/F#
river by Em
moonlightAnd
C
never were D
heard from aG
gainG
If I had my life to live Em
overC
I'd a gone to D
work that G
dayInstead of
G
going into town and G/F#
shooting himEm
downFor a
C
thing I never D
heard him G
sayWell I
G
just made it through the Em
cane breakAnd I
C
got one D
foot in the G
mudI can
G
hear the hounds a baying but the G/F#
snake around my Em
ankle'sTelling
C
me my running D
days are G
done
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