| f | River Deep Mountain High | f | River Deep Mountain High |
| Ike & Tina Turner | | Ike & Tina Turner |
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| n | Intro: [A7*] | n | Intro: (Riff and end on [A7*]) |
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| Verse 1: | | Verse 1: |
| When I was a little [D] girl I had a rag doll | | When I was a little [D] girl I had a rag doll |
| Only doll I've ever [A] owned | | Only doll I've ever [A] owned |
| Now I love you just the [D] way I loved that rag doll | | Now I love you just the [D] way I loved that rag doll |
| But only now my love has [A] grown | | But only now my love has [A] grown |
| And it gets [E7] stronger in every [A] way | | And it gets [E7] stronger in every [A] way |
| And it gets [E7] deeper let me [A] say | | And it gets [E7] deeper let me [A] say |
| And it gets [E7] higher day by [A] day | | And it gets [E7] higher day by [A] day |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |And [G] do I love you my oh my | | |And [G] do I love you my oh my |
| |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high | | |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high |
| |[G] If I lost you would I cry | | |[G] If I lost you would I cry |
| |[A] Oh how I love you baby, baby baby baby [A] [Stop] | | |[A] Oh how I love you baby, baby baby baby [A] [Stop] |
| n | | n | |(Intro Riff) |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| When you were a young boy | | When you were a young boy |
| [D] did you have a puppy | | [D] did you have a puppy |
| That always followed you [A] around | | That always followed you [A] around |
| Well I'm gonna be as [D] faithful as that puppy | | Well I'm gonna be as [D] faithful as that puppy |
| No I'll never let you [A] down | | No I'll never let you [A] down |
| Cause it goes [E7] on and on like a river [A] flows | | Cause it goes [E7] on and on like a river [A] flows |
| And it gets [E7] bigger baby and heaven [A] knows | | And it gets [E7] bigger baby and heaven [A] knows |
| And it gets [E7] sweeter baby as it [A] grows | | And it gets [E7] sweeter baby as it [A] grows |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |And [G] do I love you my oh my | | |And [G] do I love you my oh my |
| |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high | | |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high |
| |[G] If I lost you would I cry | | |[G] If I lost you would I cry |
| |[A] Oh how I love you baby, baby baby baby [A] | | |[A] Oh how I love you baby, baby baby baby [A] |
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| Bridge: | | Bridge: |
| n | | n | [A] (Bridge Riff) |
| [A] I love you baby like a flower loves the spring | | [A] I love you baby like a flower loves the spring |
| [A] And I love you baby just like a robin loves to sing | | [A] And I love you baby just like a robin loves to sing |
| [D] And I love you baby like a school boy loves his pie | | [D] And I love you baby like a school boy loves his pie |
| [A] And I love you baby river deep mountain high | | [A] And I love you baby river deep mountain high |
| n | | n | [A] [A] (Bridge Riff and some big whoas if you feel up to it) |
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| |Chorus: | | |Chorus: |
| |And [G] do I love you my oh my | | |And [G] do I love you my oh my |
| |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high | | |Yeah [A] river deep mountain high |
| |[G] If I lost you would I cry | | |[G] If I lost you would I cry |
| n | |[A] Oh how I love you baby baby baby baby [A] | n | |[A] Oh how I love you baby baby baby baby |
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| t | | t | Outro: |
| | | (Intro Riff and end on [A//////]) |