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