Cohomology in Differential Geometry

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Below is a communicative diagram:

$$\begin{array}[c]{ccc} C^{\infty}(M)&\stackrel{\text{grad}}{\longrightarrow}&\Gamma(M)&\stackrel{\text{curl}}{\longrightarrow}&\Gamma(M)&\stackrel{\text{div}}{\longrightarrow}&C^{\infty}(M)\\ \downarrow&&\downarrow&&\downarrow&&\downarrow\\ \Omega^0(M)&\stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow}&\Omega^1(M)&\stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow}&\Omega^2(M)&\stackrel{\text{d}}{\longrightarrow}&\Omega^3(M)& \end{array}$$

This diagram occurs in Lee's book Introduction to Smooth Manifolds on page 372.

This shows that the first chain complex is isomorphic to the De Rham cohomology. I am curious about

Is there any analogy of the first chain in higher dimensional Riemannian manifold?

Any advice is helpful. Thank you.