Key: F
Introduction: E
E F#m
Fare you well,
G D A
Fare you well my only true one,
E Bm
All the birds that were singing,
E A
Have flown except you alone.
D G
Goin to leave this Brokedown Palace,
D Bm G Em D
On my hands and my knees I will roll, roll, roll,
D F#m G D
Make myself a bed by the waterside,
D E G Em D
In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll.
D F#
In a bed, in a bed,
G D E
By the waterside I will lay my head,
D E
Listen to the river sing sweet songs,
G Em D G D
To rock my soul.
D
River gonna take me,
G
Sing me sweet and sleepy,
D Bm
Sing me sweet and sleepy,
G D G D
All the way back home,
D F#m
It's a far gone lullaby,
G D
Sung many years ago,
D E
Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come,
G Em D
Since I first left home.
D F#
Goin home, goin home,
G D E
By the waterside I will rest my bones,
D E
Listen to the river sing sweet songs,
G Em D G D
To rock my soul.
D ( F#m) G D
Goin to plant a weeping willow,
D Bm G Em D
On the banks green edge it will grow, grow, grow,
D F#m G D
Sing a lullaby beside the water,
D E G Em D
Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll.
D F#
Fare you well, fare you well,
G D E
I love you more than words can tell,
D E
Listen to the river sing sweet songs,
G Em D
To rock my soul.
D G D
Do, do, dooo, do, do, do, doo, oo, ooo,
D E G Em D
Doo, oo, oo, ooo, do, do, doo, do, dooo,
D G D
Do, do, dooo, do, do, do, doo, oo, ooo,
D E G Em D
Doo, oo, oo, ooo, do, do, doo, do, dooo,
D E G Em D
Doo, oo, oo, ooo, do, do, doo, oo, ooo.