River Chords

by Bill Staines
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author itsdatealdeal 41.
3 contributors total, last edit on Nov 18, 2022

Chords

E
A
F#m
B
E/D#

Strumming

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[Verse]
       E                     A
I was born in the path of the winter
E
wind
                         F#m            B
I was raised where the mountains are old
      E                      A     E
Their springtime waters came dancing down
                   B          E
And I remember the tales they told
 
[Verse]
                          A       E
The whistling ways of my younger days
                 F#m          B
Too quickly have faded on by
    E                     A      E
But all of their memories linger on
                    B      E
Like the light in a fading sky
 
[Chorus]
E E/D#      A       B        E E/D#
River, take me along in your sunshine,
A           B            A     E
sing me a song Ever moving and winding and free
    A       E               A
You rolling old river, you changing old
E
river
      A           B
Let's you and me, river, run down to the
A E
sea
 
[Verse]
                          A         E
I've been to the city and back again
                        F#m
I've been moved by some things that I've
       B
learned
      E                           A
Met a lot of good people and I've called
      E
them friends
                         B       E
Felt the change when the seasons turned
 
[Verse]
 
I've heard all the songs that the
A        E
children sing
                F#m           B
And listened to love's melodies
      E                 A        E
I've felt my own music within me rise
                     B       E
Like the wind in the autumn trees
 
[Chorus]
 
E E/D#     A       B          E E/D#
River, take me along in your sunshine,
A           B            A     E
sing me a song Ever moving and winding and free
    A       E               A
You rolling old river, you changing old
E
river
      A           B
Let's you and me, river, run down to the
A E
sea
 
[Instrumental]
 
[Verse]
                             A       E
Someday when the flowers are blooming still
                 F#m               B
Someday when the grass is still green
   E                   A         E
My rolling waters will round the bend
                  B    E
And flow into the open sea
 
[Verse]
 
So, here's to the rainbow that's
A           E
followed me here
                  F#m               B
And here's to the friends that I know
    E                         A        E
And here's to the song that's within me now
               B          E
I will sing it wherever I go
 
[Chorus]
E E/D#      A       B         E E/D#
River, take me along in your sunshine,
A           B            A     E
sing me a song Ever moving and winding and free
    A       E               A
You rolling old river, you changing old
E
river
      A           B
Let's you and me, river, run down to the
A E
sea
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GittarGirl
Very nice. I enjoyed playing and singing along with Staines, though I will have to transpose it to G for my voice.
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