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Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, and his current band, RatDog.
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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
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
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