Key: Ab major
Intro 1
E
A
Em
A
E
D
E
A
Verse 1
E
F#m
E
We used to go walking
A
C#m
Out in the moonlight
F#
Down by the river
B
E
In love's own sweet town
F#m
E
Lanterns still hang
A
C#m
On the shoreline
F#
But that old love of mine
She's nowhere around
B
Verse 2
A
E
G#
I ain't asking no one
A
For promises of heaven
E
A
I'm gonna wait by the river
F#
E
'Til my lover comes around
A
I'm gonna wait by the river
F#
E
'Til my lover comes around
Interlude 1
E
A
Em
A
E
A
Em
A
Verse 3
E
F#m
The sound of the whistle
E
A
C#m
Will echo forever
F#
It ripples like water
B
Around my poor head
E
D
E
She sings like the sirens
A
The river man's daughter
C#m
F#
She's gone from her lover
B
In his rocky bed
Verse 4
A
E
I said, I ain't asking no one
G#
A
For promises of heaven
E
A
I'm gonna sit by the river
F#
E
'Til my lover comes around
A
I'm gonna wait by the river
F#
E
'Til my lover comes around
Interlude 2
E
A
Em
A
E
Em
D
A
Em
A
Verse 5
E
D
E
Love falls as leaves do
A
C#m
Making a blanket
F#
Under the branches
B
Where new love will grow
E
D
The witch of the river
E
A
C#m
Can cast a spell on you
F#
Don't make her the only love
B
That you'll ever know
Verse 6
A
Oh, Lord I
E
ain't asking no one
G#
A
For promises of heaven
E
A
I'm gonna wait by the river
F#
E
'Til my lover comes around
A
I'm gonna wait by the river
F#
E
Em
'Til my lover comes around
E
A
Verse 7
Em
A
E
The river witch
B
Em
I'm gonna sit right down
A
Em
And I'm gonna wait by the river
A
'Til my lover comes around
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