Usually, what I have more resembles bait-like breath...

o.k.. to go for album key and tone.. standard tuning will work capoed 3rd fret... in the following chord shapes...

(D) River of (A)blue (G)cut through the(A) valley (D)Swept past the(A) willows and the(G) sandy (A)bar

That pattern repeats through most of the song... until...

(D)In the summer heat (A)who could be (G)blamed (G) (D)
(Em) Avoided the (A)rapids as (D)best as (D+C#)we (Bm)could
Never (G)thought that that (A)stream could be (D)tamed

chorus

Now the (A)river's not (G)running as (D)fast as it (A)did
There's a (D)damn there restric(A)ting the flow(G) (D)
(Em) And I don't run (A)either as (D)fast as (D+C#) I (Bm)could
Guess that (G)river and (A)I have grown (D)old

Any questions, feel free to PM or email me eh!

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