River Boy chords by Waylon Jennings

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Verse 1
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G 
 (D major) I was born and raised on the  (G major) river
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D 
It's the  (A major) only life that I know  (D major) 
People 'round here have
G 
put a name  (G major) on me
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D 
And I  (A major) hear it wherever I go  (D major) 

Verse 2
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They call me  (D major) river boy,  (G major) river boy  (A major) 
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Good for nothin'  (D major) river boy
This old world don't hold
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a  (G major) whole lot of joy
A 
When  (A major) you're nothin' but a river boy
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 3

I do a lot of fishin' on the river

To make my livin', you see

When I take my catch to the market place

The people call out to me

Verse 4

And they say, "River boy, hey, river boy

You got any fish today there, river boy?"

I sell my ware but nobody cares

About the feelin's of the

Interlude 1

river boy

Verse 5
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There's a pretty  (E major) girl,
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works at the mar (A major) ket place
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I see  (B major) her there everyday
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A 
 (E major) But when I try to talk  (A major) to her
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I  (B major) can hear her papa say  (E major) 

Verse 6
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"Come away from that  (E major) river boy,
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B 
he's a  (A major) river boy  (B major) 
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Nothin' but riff- raff, them river  (E major) boys
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No girl of mine is gonna  (A major) waste her time
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On a  (B major) good for nothin' river boy"
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 (E major) 

Verse 7
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E 
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So I  (A major) head my  (E major) boat back up the  (A major) river
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E 
 (B major) Back to my old fishin' place  (E major) 
I'm afraid this ol' river's
A 
gonna  (A major) overflow
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E 
From the  (B major) tears a- fallin' down my  (E major) face

Verse 8
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A 
I'm nothin' but a  (E major) river boy,  (A major) river boy
B 
E 
A  (B major) good for nothin'  (E major) river boy
A 
This old world don't hold a  (A major) whole lot of joy
B 
E 
B 
 (B major) When  (E major)  (B major) you're nothin'
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B 
but  (E major)  (B major) a river boy
E 
 (E major) 