Key: G
Introduction: G C G
G
I was born beside this River
C
'bout a half a mile from here
G Em
But I never seem to notice
Am7 D
The water ran this clear
G B7
And I've never seen that color green
Em A7
Sparkle down the Glen
Am7 G/B C C/D G
Now I'll never pass this way again
G
I have wandered through that orchard
C
And played among her trees
G Em
But I never heard the secrets
Am7 D
That she whispers on the breeze
G B7
For the only sound on hallowed ground
Em A7
Is the silence of the men
Am7 G/B C C/D G
Who will never pass this way again
Bridge
G/B C G/B
It never shone as beautiful
Am D7 G
as how it looks today
Em A7
We never miss the things we love
Am
Till they go away
C G/B
But I have heard the bugler's call
B7 Em
And it's time for me to leave
G/A A
cause there comes a day
G/A A
When a man must say
Am7 C/D
"I will die for what I believe"
Verse
G
I have often thrown my pennies
C
In that old wishing well
G Em
If I had a penny
Am7 D
I would wish me a spell
G
I would kneel and pray
B7
That here I'd stay
Am7 G/B C C/D
But I'll never pass this way
Am7 G/B C C/D
No I'll never pass this way
Am7 G/B C
No I'll never pass this way
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