D A
I'll never swim Kern River again.
AIt was there that I met her.
It was there that I lost my best friend.
DAnd now I live in the mountains.
C#m DI drifted up here with the wind.
And I may drown in still water,
E ABut I'll never swim Kern River again.
VERSE
I grew up in an oil town,
D ABut my gusher never came in.
AAnd the river was a boundary
Where my darlin' and I used to swim.
One night in the moonlight
D AThe swiftness swept here life away.
AAnd now I live on Lake Shasta and
Lake Shasta is where I will stay.
A
There's the South San Joaquin,
D AWhere the seeds of the dust bowl are found.
And there's a place called Mount Whitney
A E (E7) E9From where the mighty Kern River comes down.
AWell, it's not deep nor wide,
But it's a mean piece of water my friend.
AAnd I may cross on the highway,
E ABut I'll never swim Kern River again
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