James Keelaghan - River run

Ri^Fver of bl^Amue c^A#ut through the val^Cley Sw^Fept past the wi^Amllows and the s^A#andy ^Cbar Ra^Fn so swi^Amft, lo^A#cked in my mem^C'ry But the wa^Fy things w^Amere is not the w^A#ay things a^Cre W^Fe used to sw^Amim in the cr^A#ook of its ^Carm In the sum^Fmer heat w^Amho could be bl^A#amed ^C Avo^Gmided the ra^Cpids as ^Fbest as we co^A#uld Never t^Gmhought that that st^Cream could be t^Famed Am A# C F Am A# C

^FLong ago I ga^Amve up t^A#hat riverside v^Calley T^Fraded coulees for to^Amwers of st^A#eel ^C A^Gmbandoned the v^Cistas and v^Falleys of ch^A#ildhood For the t^Gmhings that they told me were ^Csus4real ^C N^Fo more would I r^Amun with the sp^A#eed of a c^Colt Cross the g^Fravel down ^Amby water s^A#ide ^C To r^Gmace with the t^Cwig I t^Fhrew in at the b^A#end Couldn't b^Gmeat it th^Cough god knows I t^Fsus4ried ^F

Now the r^Civer's not running as f^A#ast as it ^Cdid There's a ^Fdam there re^Amstricting the f^A#low ^C And ^GmI don't run e^Cither as f^Fast as I c^A#ould Guess that r^Gmiver and ^CI have grown o^Fld Am A# C F Am A# C

Now it's st^Frange in re^Amturning to p^A#laces of y^Couth It seems your m^Femory has ^Ammade a m^A#istake^C Cause the p^Gmlace that once s^Ccared you with w^Fhite water ru^A#nning Has been tu^Gmrned by decree to a ^Csus4lake ^C Makes me th^Fink about ^Amhow too ^A#I smoothed out the w^Crinkles Made the w^Faters as c^Amalm as you ^A#please^C Makes me t^Gmhink about ^Chow that r^Fiver and ^A#I Were both ^Gmhappier w^Chen we ran f^Fsus4ree ^F

Now the r^Civer's not running as f^A#ast as it ^Cdid There's a ^Fdam there re^Amstricting the f^A#low ^C And ^GmI don't run e^Cither as f^Fast as I c^A#ould Guess that r^Gmiver and ^CI have grown ^Fsus4old ^F Guess that r^Gmiver and ^CI have grown o^Fld