That song about the river chords by Don Williams
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Intro 1
(A minor) (G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
I have seen (G major)
the paddle wheelers
Rolling south (C major) on a summers?
day (E minor)
I've seen the lovers (A minor) at
the (D major) guardrails
With stars (C major) in their (D major) lem (G major) onade
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Verse 2
And I've (G major) heard the hobo?s gather
Heard their (C major) banjo?s brace
the blade (E minor)
Heard them sing (A minor) about the river (D major)
Called it the lazy (C major) man?s (D major) parade (G major)
Verse 3
Sing me that song (G major) about the river
(C major) Green going away
(E minor) You know I (A minor) always did feel like a (G major) drifter
At this (D major) time of day
Interlude 1
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Last (G major) night I stood by the highway
Pre (C major) tended I was on my way (E minor)
You know a (A minor) hundred thousand
head (D major) lights
Couldn't (C major) match the milky (D major) way (G major)
Verse 5
And when the moonlight (G major)
touches the water
Surely something (C major) touches me (E minor)
And I go (A minor) reaching for the river (D major)
Like it?s (C major) reaching (D major) for the sea (G major)
Verse 6
Sing me that song (G major) about the river
(C major) Green going away (E minor)
You know I (A minor) always did feel like a (G major) drifter
At this (D major) time (G major) of day
Verse 7
(G major)
Somethings (C major) go on forever (F major)
But (D minor) truth don't ever stray (C major) (G major)
The wind (A minor) may brush the wa (G major) ter
But the (D minor) river holds its way
(D major)
Verse 8
Sing me that song (G major) about the river
(C major) Green going away (E minor)
You know I (A minor) always did feel like a (G major) drifter
At this (D major) time of day
Outro 1
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major)
That song about the river
Don williams
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