Alan Menken - Just around the riverbend

What ^CI love most about rivers is: F C(add9)/G You can't step in the same river twice The ^F/Awater's always ^G/Bchanging, always ^Cflowing But ^Fmaj7people, I guess, can't live like that We ^Amall must pay a price To be ^Dm7safe, we lose our chance of ever ^Dm7/Gknowing ^{G Em}What's around the riverbend^F F/G Em/G F/G Em/G F/G G Waiting just around the riverbend

I ^G/Flook ^C/Eonce ^Fmore ^CJust around the riverbend Be^G/Fyond ^C/Ethe s^Fhore ^CWhere the gulls fly free Don't ^Amknow what for D9sys D9 What I dream the day might send ^F/GJust around the ^F/Griverben^Gd For ^Ame^D Coming for ^Ame^D

I ^Cfeel it there beyond those trees Or ^Fright behind these ^Gsuswaterfalls Can ^F/AI ignore that ^G/Bsound of distant ^Cdrumming^{G/C C} For a ^Fmaj7handsome sturdy husband Who builds ^G/Ahandsome sturdy ^Amwalls And ^Dm7never dreams that ^Fsomething might be ^F/Gcoming?^{G F/G G Em}Just around the riverbend^{F F/G}Just a^Em/Ground the river^F/Gbend ^{G F/G G}

I ^G/Flook ^C/Eonce ^Fmore ^CJust around the riverbend Be^G/Fyond ^C/Ethe s^Fhore ^CSomewhere past the sea Don't ^Amknow what for ... ^D9susWhy do all my ^D9dreams extend ^F/GJust around the riverbend^F/G? Dm/G x Just around the riverbend ...

^F(add9)Should I choose the smoothest curve ^C/ESteady as the beating ^F(add9)drum? ^{F F/A}Should I marry Koco^G/Bum? Is ^Call my dreaming at an ^F(add9)end? ^F Or ^Fdo you still ^G/Await for me,^Am Dream ^G/AGiver ^{Am Dm7}Just around the ^G7susriver ^Cbe^Fnd?