River Run Chords

Key: E Verse 1: E5 B5 A2/C# B5 River of blue cut through the valley E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Swept past the willows and the sandy bar E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Ran so swift, locked in my mem'ry E5 B5 A2/C# B5 But the way things were is not the way things are E5 B5 A2/C# B5 We used to swim in the crook of its arm E5 E/G# A2 E/G# In the summer heat who could be blamed F#m B5 E5 A2 Avoided the rapids as best as we could F#m B5 E5 Never thought that that stream could be tamed Instrumental: B5 A2/C# B5 E5 B5 A2/C# B5

Verse 2: E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Long ago I gave up that riverside valley E5 B5 A2/C# B5 F#m Traded coulees for towers of steel A2/C# B5 E5 A2 Abandoned the vistas and valleys of childhood F#m A2/C# B5 For the things that they told me were real E5 B5 A2/C# B5 No more would I run with the speed of a colt E5 E/G# A2 E/G# Cross the gravel down by water side F#m B5 E5 A2 To race with the twig I threw in at the bend F#m B5 A2 E5 Couldn't beat it though God knows I tried Chorus: B5 A2/C# B5 Now the river's not running as fast as it did E5 E/G# A2 E/G# There's a dam there restricting the flow F#m B5 E5 A2 And I don't run either as fast as I could F#m B5 E5 Guess that river and I have grown old Instrumental: B5 A2/C# B5 E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Verse 3: E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Now it's strange in returning to places of youth E5 E/G# A2 It seems your mem'ry has made a mistake E/G# F#m B5 E5 A2 Cause the place that once scared you with white water running F#m A2/C# B5 Has been turned by decree to a lake E5 B5 A2/C# B5 Makes me think about how too I smoothed out the wrinkles E5 E/G# A2 Made the waters as calm as you please E/G# F#m B5 E5 A2 Makes me think about how that river and I F#m B5 A2 E5 Were both happier when we ran free Ending: B5 A2/C# B5 Now the river's not running as fast as it did E5 E/G# A2 E/G# There's a dam there restricting the flow F#m B5 E5 A2 And I don't run either as fast as I could F#m B5 E5 Guess that river and I have grown old A2 B5 E5 Guess that river and I have grown old Chord shapes in this song. Remember, the capo is on the second fret (2): E5 (no 3) o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| G|---|-●-|---|---|---| o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| o D|---|---|---|---|---| 3 4 5 6 7 E/G# o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| G|---|-●-|---|---|---| o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| D|---|---|---|-●-|---| 3 4 5 6 7 F#m x D|---|---|---|---|---| x A|---|---|---|---|---| o G|---|---|---|---|---| D|---|-●-|---|---|---| A|---|-●-|---|---|---| D|---|-●-|---|---|---| 3 4 5 6 7 A2 o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| o G|---|---|---|---|---| o D|---|---|---|---|---| A|---|---|---|---|-●-| D|---|---|---|---|-●-| 3 4 5 6 7 A2/C# o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| o G|---|---|---|---|---| o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|-●-|---|---|---| x D|---|---|---|---|---| 3 4 5 6 7 B5 o D|---|---|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| G|---|-●-|---|---|---| D|---|-●-|---|---|---| o A|---|---|---|---|---| x D|---|---|---|---|---| 3 4 5 6 7