Key: Am
Introduction: Am C Em D2 Am C Em D2 Am
Am C
Down by the river, by the boats
Em D4
Where everybody goes to be alone
Am C
Where you won' t see any rising sun
Em D4 Am
Down to the river we will run______
Am C
When by the water we drink to the dregs
Em D4
Look at the stones on the riverbed
Am C
I can tell from your eyes
Em D4 Am
You' ve never been by the riverside______
Am C
Down by the water the riverbed
Em D4
Somebody calls you, somebody says
Am C
Swim with the current and float away
Em D4 Am
Down by the river e-veryday______
Am Em G D4 Am Em G
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river deep
F7+ Am Em G D4 F G Am
And I don' t know why I go the way down by the riverside
Am C
When that old river runs past your eyes
Em D4
To wash off the dirt on the riverside
Am C
Go to the water so very near
Em D4 Am
The river will be your eyes and ears______
Am C
I walk to the borders on my own
Em D4
Fall in the water just like a stone
Am C
Chilled to the marrow in them bones
Em D4 Am
Why do I go here all alone?______
Am Em G D4 Am Em G
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river deep
F7+ Am Em G D4 F G Am
And I don' t know why I go the way down by the riverside
Em G D4 Am Em G
Oh my God, I see how everything is torn in the river deep
F7+ Am Em G D4 F G Am
And I don' t know why I go the way down by the riverside
Am C Em G
Oh, oh, (Ooh Ooh) I___
Am C Em D
Oh, oh, (Ooh Ooh) I___
Am C Em G
Oh, oh, (Ooh Ooh) I___
D4 F G Am
Down by the riverside
D4 F G Am
Down by the riverside