When the River Moves On chords by Willy Mason

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Brother brother brother
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Please forgive me
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Your woman loves another
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And I fear that I am he
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We grew up in the same wood
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We fished the same pond
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If ever our lines tangled
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We'd cut 'em before dawn
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Will you hold on to what is gone
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Will you hold the rock when the
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river moves on
Mother mother mother
Sing a song to me
My friends have all gone traveling
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And there's panic on TV
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You know I am your baby
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You've served my every need
But I've got this feeling lately
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I've got to leave home to be free
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Will you hold...
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Father father father
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Don't you ever hold defeat
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Let it slip right through your fingers
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When people spit it
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through their teeth
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I was created in your likeness
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And for that I'm blessed to be
But its time to separate my own dreams
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For the ones you've
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passed to me