The Riverbank chords by Paul Simon
Intro 1
G
C
Verse 1
C
Frightened by the tone of a
phone in the dead of night
Then staring into darkness and praying
G
C
till the morning light
The price already paid
A son gone to the grave
G
Now the sorrowful parade
C
to the riverbank
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Verse 2
C
Must be half the county come
down to the riverbank
High school is closed,
G
same for the local police
C
Shall we tearfully embrace?
Fm
Shall we sing "Amazing Grace?"
C
G
Will the shallow river waters
C
bring us peace?
Verse 3
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
G
It's a long walk home
Bb
G
C
Verse 4
F
C
A long walk home
G
C
Gonna be a long walk home
Interlude 1
from the riverbank
C
C
C
C
F
C
Is there
Verse 5
any reason why the black
pine should not weep?
Is there a woman or a man who wouldn't
G
C
understand why he could not sleep?
And the nightmares when they came
Like poison to the brain
G
Reminded him again
C
Life is cheap
Verse 6
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
C
A long walk home
G
Gonna be a long walk home
C
from the riverbank
Interlude 2
C
Verse 8
C
Army dude's mama
At the edge of the river
Limp as a rag,
G
Bdim
G
American flag in her arms
C
Then a triangle of light
F
C
F
Kissed the red and blue and white
C
Along the riverbank
Interlude 3
Past the dealerships and farms
C
F
C
Verse 9
C
Army dude, only son
Outro 1
'Gon be a
C
C
The Riverbank
Paul Simon
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