River chords by Paul Pena

• Capo on 1st

Key: F

E                     A
They told me you were coming
E                       A
and that I should stick around
E                            A
they said that I had to meet you
E                               A
you were a treasure that they'd found
E                      A
and they were proud to hang with you
E                                     A
because they thought you played their game
E                        A
even though you had your money
E                      A
and your daddy had his fame
E

I know the river
A
(is a long, long road)
E
yes, the river
A
(it's a heavy load)
E
oh lord, the river
A
(is a long, long road)
      E       D
and I see you comin' down
A         E
fixin' to go
E               D
just before you leave me, baby
A                                      E
there's something you got to know, yeah
                A
Until finally I met you
E              A
and I realized then
E                              A
that with all the broken-down, broken-hearted, low-down people you knew and loved
E                  A
I knew we could be friends
E                       A
for your heart was into loving
E                            A
spreading good times and joy all around
E                         A
and because of that, many people that you knew
E                            A
they couldnt understand you, put you down

kicked you around.


E
'cause the river
A
(is a long, long road)
E
yes, the river
A
(it's a heavy load)
E
oh lord, the river
A
(is a long, long road)
      E       D
and I see you comin' down
A         E
fixin' to go
E               D
just before you leave me, baby
A                                      E
there's something you got to know, yeah.


I'm just sitting here tonight thinking
A
I'm thinking of all the lovely people that I'm gonna miss
E                                 A
when I leave the land where I was born
E
and you're one of the most,
         A
the most prominent ones, my dear, because
E
I know that you've been kicked around because like
                     A
though you have money, and all the people behind you had money
E                                 A                        E
you were into good times and were into, sending your heart out, to all the people,
A                         E                                        A                E
and really digging on them, and just really digging on them, just, just being happy
                 A
and this is what I've got to say to you tonight.

E              A
So finally I'm leavin'
E              A
for at last, I understand
E                              A
that many of the people that I knew and thought were my closest friends
E                                A
Lord, their heads are in another land
E                     A
me and my lady got to go out there
E                           A
spread a little good loving around
E                                        A
but I just want to let you know before I leave
E
that if you're ever homeless
A
a home with us can always be found.

E
'cause the river
A
(is a long, long road)
E
yes, the river
A
(it's a heavy load)
E
oh lord, the river
A
(is a long, long road)
      E       D
and I see you comin' down
A         E
fixin' to go
E               D
just before you leave me, baby
A                                      E
there's something you got to know, yeah.