Key: G
Introduction: D Bm D Bm
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If you listen, you can hear it call : wail a ree ! (wail a ree)
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There is a river called The River Of No Return,
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sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free!
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Love is a trav'ler on The River Of No Return,
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swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea.
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(Wail a ree) I can hear the river call (no return, no return)
No return, no return (wail a ree).
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I can hear my lover call come to me (no return, no return)
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I lost my love on the river and forever my heart will yearn,
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Gone, gone forever down The River Of No Return.
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Wail a ree (wail a re e ee), wail a r....ee.
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He'll never return to me!