Standing By The River chords by Ralph Stanley

Key: A

🎸 Intro:

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

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


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


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


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


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