Key: Bb
Introduction: G D G G
G C G
I worked on her father's farm
G C
Long hours of labour in the hills
G C G
Sharp of mind and strong of arm
D G
He blessed the day he found me
G C G
Saw me as another son
G C
Raised me as his own until
G C G
His daughter's love I finally won
D G
And he cursed the light around me
Am Em C G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G Em G D
Every year you claim a heart
G
You've taken hers
C
You've broken mine
G D C G
You cruel, cold river
G C G
Arm in arm out on the ridge
G C
We lay together in the sun
G C G
Beneath the tor and beyond the bridge
D G
In her arms they caught me
G C G
One brother kept my love at bay
G C
Two brothers held me hard and close
G C G
And he fell upon me in a rage
G D G
And such a bitter lesson he taught me
Am Em C G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G Em G D
Every year you claim a heart
G
You've taken hers
C
You've broken mine
G D C G
You cruel, cold river
G C G
Then begging them to leave me be
G C
She broke away and stood alone
G C G
Just where those rocks bent down the trees
D G
Above the roaring waters
G C G
Swift and sharp a summer storm
G C
Had raged this river into flood
G C G
And its there he reached to take her arm
D G
And its there he lost his daughter
Am Em C G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G Em G D
Every year you claim a heart
G
You've taken hers
C
You've broken mine
G D C G
You cruel, cold river
Am Em C G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G Em G D
Every year you claim a heart
G
You've taken hers
C
You've broken mine
G D C G
You cruel, cold river
C D C G
You cruel, cold river
G D C G
You're a cruel, cold river