CAPO 2 

INTRO: D5  A5  B5  A5  E5  B5 
 
B5                   D5                   A5                   B5 
I can't say looking back right now just where our love went wrong 
        B5                 A5                    B5 
But the hard cold fact is she's not here she's gone 
B5                 D5                      A5              B5 
Made me a promise she'd be true till the rivers all ran dry 
B5                        A5                    B5 
The rivers still runnin' but she's long said goodbye 
 

               E5           B5 
That's why I'm down on the bottom 
          D5                       A5                B5 
Where the Moccasin's King and the big tall cypress grow 
          E5                                 B5 
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some peace of mind 
             A5   E5          B5       D5  A5  B5  A5  E5  B5 
And get back up,  is on the bottom 
 
 
    B5                    D5                A5                    B5 
Got friends in the world outside but none quite like ol' Cajun Joe 
   B5                             A5             B5 
He lives down a slough where the river used to flow 
B5                D5                         A5               B5 
Worked real hard most of his life till the pushin' came to shove 
B5                  A5                         B5 
Gave it all he had but he just couldn't rise above 
 
CHORUS: 
                E5           B5 
That's why he's down at the bottom 
          D5                       A5                   B5 
Where the alligator swims and the old grey moss hangs low 
          E5                                 B5 
Seems the only place that a country boy can find some piece of mind 
             A5   E5          B5 
And get back up,  is on the bottom 
 

               A5  E5            B5 
I can get back up  here on the bottom 
       A5      E5       B5 
On the Natchez  river bottom 
 
OUTRO:  
D5  A5  B5  A5  E5  B5