Grass Roots - The River Is Wide Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


                                     Admi

Like at least a couple other Grass Roots hits, someone else did this first -
in this case the Forum, whose 1967 semi-hit version I much prefer.

Intro
 F
 E♭
 F             F
         v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v    v  v  v  v
        -/-----------|-x--x--x--x--|-/-----------|-/--------X--
                       ^^^^^^^^^^ bass drum                 ^ snare

Verse 1
 B♭
 E♭
 F     B♭
 E♭
 F
         v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
        -/-----/-/---/---|-/-----/-/---/---

 B♭
 E♭
 F   B♭
 E♭
 F   B♭
 E♭
 F  B♭
 E♭
 F       The sky was clear on that windy day

 B♭
 E♭
 F  B♭
 E♭
 F  B♭
 E♭
 F  B♭
 E♭
 F       'Til the clear blue sky began to turn to gray

 E♭
 B♭
 E♭
 B♭
 E♭
 B♭
 E♭
 B♭          The lightning flashed, the thunder roared above

 F
 C
 F
 C
 F
 C    F   Then fell a drop of rain to start our love

Chorus
 E♭m7       [1: Let the riverA♭ get wide], the river gets long, now
        [2: And the river gets wide]

 C♯maj7       The water runs deep B♭mas our love gets strong now

 E♭m7       So baby, don't A♭you fight and say you belong now
        1:   Fm7/Bb [hold 2 bars]
        2:   Fm7/Bb [hold 6 bars]
        3-5:
 Fm7-5/
 B    B♭      To me

Verse 2
        Upon the roof we heard the gentle rain
        With the rhythm of our heartbeats, down it came
        As it hit each drop  our hearts could feel the pain
        No one on earth can stop a drop of rain

[repeat chorus 3X; fade 3rd time]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers