Turnpike Troubadours – On The Red River (Guitar)
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As recorded by Turnpike Troubadours
(From the 2025 Album THE PRICE OF ADMISSION)
Evan Felker plays this song with a capo at 2nd fret.
To do so transpose -2 steps.
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D Bm There's a mid-July whitetail in velvet D Em G Red as your old Chevrolet D A G D And I was sixteen when you wrecked it and we Em Bm A Were lucky we both walked away D Bm And you could day work and scrape out a living D Em G The work for which you had been born D A G D You were quick with a laugh and forgiving Em Bm A And tied hard and fast to the horn D Bm We had Kelpies and good Quarter Horses D Em G We had wheat pasture yearlings tied down D A G D We learned pain was the price of admission Em Bm A And you're never done paying it down
[Chorus]
Bm A G D Back on the red river, not hard to remember Bm A G When your daddy would never get old D A D G When I saw the world from up on your shoulders Bm A G D I remember the view, when you live like we do Bm A Em Bm A Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
[Verse 2]
D Bm On days off, we'd help out our neighbors D Em G And we smiled and we sweated for free D A G D You'd earned every drink with your labor Em Bm A And I'd sleep on your front seat 'til 3 D Bm And you'd call it a cure for a snake bite D Em G I reached for a fifth of Old Crow D A G D Some medicine should get your head right Em Bm A When the symptoms were starting to show
[Chorus]
Bm A G D Back on the red river, not hard to remember Bm A G When your daddy would never get old D A D G When I saw the world from up on your shoulders Bm A G D I remember the view, when you live like we do Bm A Em Bm A Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
[Interlude]
Bm A G D Bm A G
D A D G Bm A
[Verse 3]
D Bm And there are pickups lined up down the driveway D Em G Have I really been gone for two years? D A G D I'd be on my third on a good day Em Bm A I find my last bottle of beer D Bm I guess Saturday started without you D Em G I knew before I got the call D A G D The red July bucks were in velvet Em Bm A I'll tell you about 'em this fall
[Chorus]
Bm A G D Back on the red river, not hard to remember Bm A G When your daddy would never get old D A D G Got a look at the world from up on your shoulders Bm A G D I remember the view, when you live like we do Bm A Em Bm Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
[Outro]
Bm A D G D G Got a look at the world from up on your shoulders Bm A G D I remember the view, when you live like we do Bm A Em Bm Death doesn't leave with the best part of you