The River  - The Strawbs
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				Transcribed by Howard Wright
				hakwright (at) gmail (dot) com


All chord shapes are given at the end, though all the chords are common
ones, except for the F#7add4 shape.


Intro:
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F#7add4

  
Verse 1:
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  C  
I made a sideways motion

Bm 
Turning a new leaf

    Am
The single-minded miner's girl

    G
Was there to share my grief

  C
I shivered in the bitter wind

      D
Three times the cockerel crowed

  F#7add4
I waited for the river


But the river did not flow




Verse 2:
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   C
An autumn turned to silver

Bm
Winter turned to gold

    Am
The weatherman said dress up

G
But I did not feel the cold

     C
Kids waited with toboggans

     D
As I sheltered from the snow

  F#7add4
I waited for the river


But the river did not flow



Instrumental:
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C  Bm  Am  G
C  D  F#7add4



Verse 3:
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C   
I will drink the milk from your breasts

Bm
Meld myself to you

C
Collect the valley lilies

    G
The worshippers once strew

   C
My body aches with hunger

         D
Yet your belly has to grow

  F#7add4
I waited for the river


But the river did not flow



Chord shapes:
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EADGBE    EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
244300    x32010     x24432     x02210

F#7add4     C         Bm          Am


EADGBE    EADGBE     
320003    xx0232

  G         D