C/G  = 3x2013

^ = Emphasise the beats    N.C. = No chords

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[Intro]
   G              G7             C       C/B    A7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   G              B7             Em      Em/D   A    Cm
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

[Verse 1]
   G          C/G      G     C/G       G     C/G  G
|  /   /   /   /   |         There's a river in a canyon,
C/G      G          C/G    G
Near the town where I  was born,
C/G       G        C/G    G            C/G G     C/G        G
Where the grass is always greener than any other place I've known,
C/G    G        C/G         G       C/G   G      C/G      G
And my heart is filled with sorrow, in my mind I feel the pain,
C/G   G         G7      C              G        D7        G
For I know that by to - morrow I won't see that place a - gain
G
Come on, everybody, yeah!

[Chorus]
G    G7               C       C/B   A7
         Tell all the people, yeah, yeah,
          G            B7          Em     Em/D
Then your mother, I've seen better days,
A  Cm                G      G7               C      C/B  A7
       A -there's no reason ...why I'd go on living,     no,
          G           B7          Em    Em/D         A
Tell your mother I've seen better days,    ...yes, I have,
          Cm          G       C/G G
Yes, I've seen better days

[Verse 2]
C/G       G     C/G    G       C/G    G          C/G       G
There's a woman I re - member, that I loved some years a - go,
C/G   G       C/G     G       C/G    G           C/G   G
And I met her in that canyon, and we watched the river flow,
C/G      G      C/G      G
And she told me that she loved me,
    C/G     G         C/G      G
And I  be - lieved in what she said,
    C/G    G         G7        C                G
But when I found she loved a - nother I sat her down,
      D7       G
And I shot her dead  (Ah, come on, everybody, getcha!)

[Chorus]
 G                       G7
(Ah----!)  Hey!  (Ah-ah, ah----!)
      G7           C       C/B   A7
Hmmm, tell all the people,       yeah,
          G            B7          Em    Em/D
Tell your mother, I've seen better days------,
A   Cm             G      G7                   C      C/B     A7
    Ah, there's no reason ...oh, why I'd go on living,    no, no,
              G           B7          Em    Em/D        A
Oh, tell your mother I've seen better days,   ...yes, I have,
          Cm          D7                     D7sus4        D7
Yes, I've seen better days, umm-umm, woh-oh, oh - oh! Oh - oh!

[Coda]
G          G7                             C     C/B      A7
Oh, oh-oh, oh! A -goin' right down to the river, ...hey, yeah,
          G                  B7                       Em     Em/D
Tell your mother, yeah, I've seen ...I've seen better days,
       A     Cm               G                G7
Yes, I have,      a -come on, tell...  come on tell her,
     G7                          C               C/B   A7
I'm goin' right back down to the river, a -yeah -yeah, yeah,
    ^     ^     ^    ^    ^   ^  ^
          G                 B7          Em   Em/D             A    Cm
Tell your mother, that I've seen better days-----, oh, yes, I have,
          G                    D7       N.C.
Tell your mother, ...that I've seen  ...better...

[Coda]
 D#              Cm          G#          Fm                   D#
  ...days! (Ah - ah---! Ah - ah---! Ah - ah---! Ah - ah, ah------!)