R I V E R    O F    T E A R S                              Kev Carmody


Em   F#m   Gm   F#m   Em   F#m   Gm

  
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Well there's a cold rain on the Autumn wind. 
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A brother murdered in Sydney town.
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A Marrickville brother under legal cover.
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In his home they gunned him down and we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh-ooh.
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Oh they shot him down 
           Em      F#m        Gm    F#m    Em   F#m
and we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh.
             Gm         F#m                   Em F#m Gm F#m Em F#m Gm F#m
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.


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Well they took him out at point blank range 
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in his home with his small young son.
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Shot him dead in his Marrickville bed 
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with a pump action 12 gauge shotgun.
Em      F#m        Gm        F#m              Em   F#m   Gm
Oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh oh. Oh they shot him down
F#m        Em      F#m        Gm    F#m   Em   F#m
and we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh.
             Gm         F#m                   Em F#m Gm F#m Em F#m Gm F#m
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.


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Left a fatherless child and a grieving wife.
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A black fugitive on the run,
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running from 2 centuries, oppressions loaded gun,
           Em      F#m        Gm         F#m               Em    F#m
and we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh,they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em      
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.
         F#m       Gm         F#m               Em    F#m 
oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   
Sad river of tears, 200 years.


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They got terrorists dressed in uniforms, under protection of their law.
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Terrorise blacks in dawns of fear, they come crashin' through your door.
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Your not safe out there on freedom street. Your not safe inside the "can".
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For with their shotguns and their stun gas,
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licensed to drop you where you stand.


           Em      F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m
And we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em  
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.
        F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m 
oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh They shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m   
Sad river of tears, 200 years.


               Em               F#m                    
Well there's a cold rain on the Autumn wind.
          Gm                 F#m 
A brother murdered in Sydney town.
  Em                         F#m 
A Marrickville brother under legal cover.
       Gm                   F#m               
In his home they gunned him down
         Em                F#m                      Gm               F#m  
Your not safe out there on freedom street. Your not safe inside the "can".
           Em                      F#m 
With their shotguns and their stun gas,
            Gm                 F#m 
licensed to drop you where you stand.


           Em      F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m
And we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em  
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.
        F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m 
oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em  
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.


           Em      F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m
And we say oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em  
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.
        F#m        Gm        F#m                Em   F#m 
oh oh oh o oh oh oh o oh ooh. Oh they shoot you down.
             Gm         F#m                   Em  
Sad river of tears, 200 years in the river of fear.


F#m Gm F#m Em F#m Gm F#m Em

F#m Gm F#m Em F#m Gm F#m Em
 
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