Haggard Merle - Kern River guitar tab

Kern River

Merle Haggard

CHORUS:

D A

I'll never swim Kern River again.

A

It was there that I met her.

A E E7

It was there that I lost my best friend.

D

And now I live in the mountains.

C#m D

I drifted up here with the wind.

A

And I may drown in still water,

E A

But I'll never swim Kern River again.

VERSE

A

I grew up in an oil town,

D A

But my gusher never came in.

A

And the river was a boundary

A E (E7) E9

Where my darlin' and I used to swim.

A

One night in the moonlight

D A

The swiftness swept here life away.

A

And now I live on Lake Shasta and

A E A

Lake Shasta is where I will stay.

CHORUS

A

There's the South San Joaquin,

D A

Where the seeds of the dust bowl are found.

A

And there's a place called Mount Whitney

A E (E7) E9

From where the mighty Kern River comes down.

A

Well, it's not deep nor wide,

A D A

But it's a mean piece of water my friend.

A

And I may cross on the highway,

E A

But I'll never swim Kern River again

CHORUS

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