Key: A
Introduction:
D6 Dm6 E7 E7(13) E7A Eº E7
A D9 E A A7
You keep goin' your way,
D Cº A F#7
I'll keep goin' my way
D6 Dm6 E7 E7(13) E7 A Eº E7
River, stay away from my door.
A D9 E A A7
I just got a cabin
D Cº A F#7
You don't need my cabin
D6 Dm6 E7 E7/6 E7 A Eº E7
River, stay away from my door.
C#m G#7 C#m7 G#7
Don't come up any higher I'm so all alone.
E C#m7(5-) B7 D9 Bm7(5-) E7
Leave the bed and the fire that is all I own.
A D9 E A A7
I ain't breakin' your heart,
D Cº A F#7
Don't start breakin' my heart
D6 Dm6 E7 E7(13) E7 A Eº E7
River, stay away from my door.
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