river boy chords by Troy Cassar-Daley
Verse 1
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I was born and
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raised on the river.
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It's the only life that I know.
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People around here have put a name on me,
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and I hear it wherever I go.
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They call me river boy, river boy,
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a good -for -nothin' river boy
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This whole world don't hold a whole lot of
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joy when you're nothin' but a river boy
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I do a lot of fishin' on the river to
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make my livin', you see
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When I take my catch to the marketplace,
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the people call out to me, and they say,
River
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Boy, hey
River
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Boy, got any fish today there,
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River
Boy?
I sell my whales,
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but nobody cares about the feelings of a
River
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Boy.
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There's a pretty girl works at the marketplace
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I see her there every day
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But when I try to talk to her I
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can hear her papa say
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Come away from that river boy
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He's a river boy
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Nothin' but a riff -raff and river boy
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No girl of mine's gonna waste her time
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Only good -for -nothin'
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river boy
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So I head my boat back up the river
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Back to my old fishing place
I'm afraid this old river's
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gonna overflow
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From the tears running down my face
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I'm nothing but a river boy, river boy
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A good -for -nothin' river boy
This whole world don't
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hold a whole lot of joy
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When you're nothing but a river boy
This whole world don't
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hold a whole lot of joy
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When you're nothing but a river boy
you
river boy
Troy Cassar-Daley
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