[Intro]
Esus4
B7
E Ddim7
A Am
E C#m
C B7
E B7
E B7
[Verse]
E
Down by the river
B7
The water’s cold
E Ddim7 A Am
Used to have a girl but that’s alright
E C#m C
She came to me in a dream
B7 E B7 E B7
And slipped away like a running stream
E
The hours of silence
B7
In the light of the moon
E Ddim7 A Am
Brings to me a sense of ease
E C#m C
There’s nothing else that I could do
B7 E B7 E B7
For that woman won't be pleased
C#m
I see her running
B
But I’m not the same
A
I’ve chased after pleasure
E E7
To bury my pain
C#m
But it’s resurrected
B
When I say her name
A E
My love and regret are one in the same
E
The scream of a raven
B7
The screech of an owl
E Ddim7 A Am
A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl
E C#m C
Those old Hartford records that we used to play
B7 E B7 E B7
And the silence when she went away
E B7
A flower illustrated in bloom
E
Floating on a wisp of consciousness
Ddim7 A
She rides innocently down the river to
Am
The place where the light lives
E C#m
And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh
C
Dreaming from the first moment of her life
B7 E
Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as
B7 E
Morning rolls into the endless
C#m
I see her running
B
But I’m not the same
A
I’ve chased after pleasure
E
To bury my pain
C#m
But it’s resurrected
B
When I say her name
A E E7
My love and regret are one in the same
E
I keep wandering back
B7
To a place in my mind
E Ddim7 A Am
Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes
E C#m C
To gaze at the water once more
B7 E B7 E B7
Before turning again to the sky
E
Down by the river
B7
The water’s cold
E Ddim7 A Am
Used to have a girl but that’s alright
E C#m C
She came to me in a dream
B7 E B7 E B7 E
And slipped away like a running stream