Am Hold my hand C G D Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river Am Hold my hand, C G D Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down, a long way down Am C G D If you get sleep or if you get none Am C G D -The cock’s gonna call in the morning, baby- Am C G D Check the cupboard for your daddy’s gun -Red sun rises like an early warning- Am C G D The Lord’s gonna come for your first born son -His hair’s on fire and his heart is burning- Am C G D Go to the river where the water runs -Wash him deep where the tides are turning- Interlude: Am C G D And if you fall.... C G D And if you fall.... Am Hold my hand C G D Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river Am Hold my hand, C G D Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down, a long way down The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight -Drunk and driven by a devil’s hunger- Drive your son like a railroad spike -Into the water, let it pull him under- Don’t you lift him, let him drown alive -The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder- Let that fever make the water rise -And let the river run dry- D And I said Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river Hold my hand, Ooh, baby, it’s a long way down, a long way down Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way, a long long long way Hold my hand Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
