The Riverbank chords by
Paul Simon
Paul Simon

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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G
C
C
Verse 1
C
C
Frightened by the tone of a
phone in the dead of night
Then staring into darkness and praying
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G
C
C
till the morning light
The price already paid
A son gone to the grave
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G
Now the sorrowful parade
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C
to the riverbank
Verse 2
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C
Must be half the county come
down to the riverbank
High school is closed,
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G
same for the local police
C
C
Shall we tearfully embrace?
Fm
Fm
Shall we sing "Amazing Grace?"
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C
G
G
Will the shallow river waters
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C
bring us peace?
Verse 3
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C
Army dude, only son, nowhere to run
No one to turn to, he turns to the gun
It's a cross, it's a stone,
it's a fragment of bone
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G
It's a long walk home
Bb
Bb
G
G
C
C
Verse 4
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F
C
C
A long walk home
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G
C
C
Gonna be a long walk home
Interlude 1
from the riverbank
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C
C
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C
F
F
C
C
Is there
Verse 5
any reason why the black
pine should not weep?
Is there a woman or a man who wouldn't
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G
C
C
understand why he could not sleep?
And the nightmares when they came
Like poison to the brain
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G
Reminded him again
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C
Life is cheap
Verse 6
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C
Army dude, only son, nowhere to run
No one to turn to, he turns to the gun
It's a cross, it's a stone,
it's a fragment of bone
Verse 7
It's a long walk home
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C
A long walk home
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G
Gonna be a long walk home
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C
from the riverbank
Interlude 2
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C
Verse 8
C
C
Army dude's mama
At the edge of the river
Limp as a rag,
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G
Bdim
Bdim
G
G
American flag in her arms
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C
Then a triangle of light
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F
C
C
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F
Kissed the red and blue and white
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C
Along the riverbank
Interlude 3
Past the dealerships and farms
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C
F
F
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C
Verse 9
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C
Army dude, only son
Outro 1
'Gon be a
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C

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