Standing By The River chords by Ralph Stanley

Chords with lyrics

Key: A augmentedA

🎸 Intro:

A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 1:
    A augmentedA
Here I stand by this chilly water waitin’ for my final call
                E MajorE
Standing by the river looking beyond
         A augmentedA
Gazin’ toward the land of fadeless beauty o’er the surges rise and fall
           E MajorE     A augmentedA
Standing by the river looking beyond

🎸 Chorus:
        A augmentedA
Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
                 E MajorE
Listen to the music on the other shore
        A augmentedA
I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
                    E MajorE   A augmentedA
With my friends and loved ones who have gone before


🎸 Instrumental:
A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 2:
        A augmentedA
Music from the land of endless glory fallin upon my listening ear
                E MajorE
Standing by the river looking beyond
     A augmentedA
Faces of friends I often vision forms of loved ones oft appear
           E MajorE     A augmentedA
Standing by the river looking beyond


🎸 Chorus:
        A augmentedA
Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
                 E MajorE
Listen to the music on the other shore
        A augmentedA
I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
                    E MajorE   A augmentedA
With my friends and loved ones who have gone before

🎸 Instrumental:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA


🎸 Verse 3:
      A augmentedA
Shadows of night are swiftly falling lo I hear the boatman’s oar
                E MajorE
Standing by the river looking beyond
       A augmentedA
Many are the voices sweetly calling I must tarry hear no more
           E MajorE     A augmentedA
Standing by the river looking beyond


🎸 Outro:
        A augmentedA
Standing by the river waiting for the boatman
                 E MajorE
Listen to the music on the other shore
        A augmentedA
I can hear the angels singing out a welcome
                    E MajorE   A augmentedA
With my friends and loved ones who have gone before