Only a River
Written by Josh Ritter, Bob Weir
From Bob Weir's album "Blue Mountain"
Drop D tuning
[Verse]
D G D
Well I was born up in the mountains
Em A D
Raised up in a desert town
D G D
And I never saw the ocean
Em A D
Til I was close to your age now
[Chorus]
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Bm G D
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
G D
Hey hey hey
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
[Verse]
D G D
I'm going back to San Angelo
Em A D
The ground is hard and the county's dry
D G D
But I'm gonna get my fill somehow
Em A D
River's of corn, and wheat and rye
[Chorus]
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Bm G D
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
G D
Hey hey hey
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
[Solo over Verse pattern]
[Chorus]
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Bm G D
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
G D
Hey hey hey
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
[Verse]
D G D
Oh red red river valley
Em A D
Will she remember all the things we said
D G D
And what's the chance that she'll remember
Em A D
All those nights in the river bed
[Chorus]
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Bm G D
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
Bm G D
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
G D
Hey hey hey
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
[Outro]
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
G Bm
Only a river gonna make things right
G D
Only a river gonna make things right
