Biography:
“Some folks might say our music has always been what you call ‘eclectic,’” says John Doe of the Knitters. “Well, OK. As A.P. Carter used to say to me when we’d go song-hunting in the Clinch Mountains, ‘Buddy, it’s all music, y’know.’”
The Knitters — Doe, co-lead vocalist Exene Cervenka, guitarist Dave Alvin, bassist Jonny Ray Bartel, and drummer D.J. Bonebrake — have been rambling a tangled map of American musical highways since way back in the 20th century.
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[Intro]
D Dsus4
[Verse 1]
D Dsus4 G D Dsus4
I was born by the river, it was paved with cement
G G D Dsus4
I was born by the river, it was paved with cement
C A D Dsus4
Still I'd stand in that dry river, dreamed that I was soakin' wet
[Chorus 1]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday that old dry river,
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4
I used to play in the orange groves,
G D Dsus4
Till they bulldozed all the trees
G
I used to play in the orange groves,
G D Dsus4
Till they bulldozed all the trees
C A
But I'd stand among those dead stumps
A D Dsus4
And smell the blossoms on the leaves
[Chorus 2]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday all those dead trees,
C G D Dsus4
They won't be dead anymore
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
D Dsus4 G D Dsus4
I fell in love with a woman, but she did not fall for me
G G D Dsus4
I fell in love with you baby, but you didn't fall for me
C
Now I'm dry as that old river
A D Dsus4
And I'm dead as those old trees
[Chorus 3]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4
Someday this old heart of mine
C G D Dsus4
is gonna fall in love once more
[Chorus 4]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D/Dsus4
Someday that old dry river,
C G D Dsus4
Well it won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
D Dsus4
[Verse 1]
D Dsus4 G D Dsus4
I was born by the river, it was paved with cement
G G D Dsus4
I was born by the river, it was paved with cement
C A D Dsus4
Still I'd stand in that dry river, dreamed that I was soakin' wet
[Chorus 1]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday that old dry river,
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
[Verse 2]
D Dsus4
I used to play in the orange groves,
G D Dsus4
Till they bulldozed all the trees
G
I used to play in the orange groves,
G D Dsus4
Till they bulldozed all the trees
C A
But I'd stand among those dead stumps
A D Dsus4
And smell the blossoms on the leaves
[Chorus 2]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday all those dead trees,
C G D Dsus4
They won't be dead anymore
[Solo]
[Verse 3]
D Dsus4 G D Dsus4
I fell in love with a woman, but she did not fall for me
G G D Dsus4
I fell in love with you baby, but you didn't fall for me
C
Now I'm dry as that old river
A D Dsus4
And I'm dead as those old trees
[Chorus 3]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D Dsus4
Someday this old heart of mine
C G D Dsus4
is gonna fall in love once more
[Chorus 4]
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna rain
G D Dsus4 Dsus2
Someday it's gonna pour
G D/Dsus4
Someday that old dry river,
C G D Dsus4
Well it won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
C G D Dsus4
It won't be dry anymore
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