The Riverbank chords by
Paul Simon

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Frightened by the tone of a

phone in the dead of night

Then staring into darkness and praying

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till the morning light

The price already paid

A son gone to the grave

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Now the sorrowful parade

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to the riverbank

Verse 2

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Must be half the county come

down to the riverbank

High school is closed,

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same for the local police

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Shall we tearfully embrace?

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Shall we sing "Amazing Grace?"

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Will the shallow river waters

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bring us peace?

Verse 3

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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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It's a long walk home

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Verse 4

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A long walk home

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Gonna be a long walk home

Interlude 1

from the riverbank

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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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understand why he could not sleep?

And the nightmares when they came

Like poison to the brain

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Reminded him again

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Life is cheap

Verse 6

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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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A long walk home

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Gonna be a long walk home

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from the riverbank

Interlude 2

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Verse 8

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Army dude's mama

At the edge of the river

Limp as a rag,

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C#dim

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American flag in her arms

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Then a triangle of light

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Kissed the red and blue and white

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Along the riverbank

Interlude 3

Past the dealerships and farms

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Verse 9

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Army dude, only son

Outro 1

'Gon be a

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