(Track B9 from the album "One road more" by the Flatlanders, released in 1980)
Intro
(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)
(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)
E B7 E
Verse 1
E A E C#m
I remember you
a-telling me
G#m A B B
Don't clutch a rose
, don't mourn the sunset
.
E A E
And I suppose if I hear
the river moaning
A E
It's just the way I'm feeling,
A E A E E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no
Verse 2
E A
And the very next day
E C#m
we woke before the dawn
.
G#m A
We found our way
B B
By the rambling river
.
E A
And we had no dream
E
We just lived one
A E
I the keeper of the mountain
A E A E (A) E
you the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go
E A
And I never claimed to know
E A
And these (and these)
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)
E
Just a moaning (just a moaning)
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.
Verse 3
E A
When I spoke big words,
E C#m
you just let them fly away,
G#m A B B
blue paper birds
on a summer's day
.
E
And I took you by the hand,
A E
Knew that you would understand,
A E
I the keeper of the mountain,
A E A E E
You the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.
Chorus
F#m B7
There was no reason to go
E A
And I never claimed to know
E A
And these (and these)
E A
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)
E A
That ain't the river (ain't the river)
E
Just a moaning (it's a moaning)
A E A E (A) E
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.
