Bm (x24432@1)        DI (xx0232@1)was 18 my brother was 21
Bm (x24432@1)                      DOne (xx0232@1)saturday evenin when all the work was done
   A (x02220@1)                                G (320003@1) 
We went down to the river we had some trot lines to run
Bm (x24432@1)                    DMy (xx0232@1)brother walter had a fight the week before
Bm (x24432@1)                        DKnocked (xx0232@1)a boy named wilson through the pool hall door
      A (x02220@1)                            GThey (320003@1)said you dont mess with wilson unless you want a war
Bm (x24432@1)                               DI (xx0232@1)put the boat in the water and i made the engine run
Bm (x24432@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)loaded the lantern against the sinking sun
    A (x02220@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)my brother walter was loading his gun
    D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      BmAnd (x24432@1)we went down the river
Bm (x24432@1)                              DDown (xx0232@1)past the coal docks we were running our lines
Bm (x24432@1)                       DHeard (xx0232@1)some drunken boaters racing up behind
        A (x02220@1)                           GIt (320003@1)was wilson and his cousin they had trouble on their minds
Bm (x24432@1)                          DThey (xx0232@1)passed on by us probably going to tend their pots
Bm (x24432@1)                   DWe (xx0232@1)headed up the river with the fish we'd caught
    A (x02220@1)                           GBut (320003@1)before we made the landing i thought i heard a shot
D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)      BmBack (x24432@1)down the river
Bm (x24432@1)                   DMy (xx0232@1)brother walter fell over the side
Bm (x24432@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)i couldnt find him no matter how i tried
      A (x02220@1)                                 GAnd (320003@1)i looked along the bank but i couldnt find where they'd hide
Bm (x24432@1)                     DThey (xx0232@1)drug the river they searched it up and down
Bm (x24432@1)                          DCouldnt (xx0232@1)find his body so they decided that he'd drowned
    A (x02220@1)                        GBut (320003@1)i knew better cause wilson bragged around town
Bm (x24432@1)                              DSo (xx0232@1)one night i floated down right above wilsons shack
Bm (x24432@1)                        DI (xx0232@1)hid in the woods untill i saw him walk out back
        A (x02220@1)                     GI (320003@1)put a bullet in his head and dropped him in his tracks
     D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      BmThen (x24432@1)we went down the river
Bm (x24432@1)                             DDown (xx0232@1)below the trestle where the water runs slow
Bm (x24432@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)chained him to an anvil then i let him go
    A (x02220@1)               GAnd (320003@1)five years later well i aint told a soul
Bm (x24432@1)                          DAnd (xx0232@1)i aint done much fishin i hardly wet a line
Bm (x24432@1)                             DThe (xx0232@1)death of my brother is still heavy on my mind
          A (x02220@1)                            GI've (320003@1)been thinking wilsons cousin better find a place to hide
      D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      Bm (x24432@1)       D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)      BmCause (x24432@1)i'm goin down the river yeah i'm goin down the river