[Intro]
Bb F Bb F Bb F C
[Verse]
F Bb F
I was born in the path of the winter wind
Gm C
Raised where the mountains are old
F Bb F
Their springtime waters came dancing down
C F
I remember the tales they told
[Verse]
Bb F
The whistling ways of my younger days
Gm C
Too quickly have faded on by
F Bb F
But all their memories linger on
C F
Like the light in a fading sky
[Chorus]
Am Bb C
River take me along
F Am Bb C
In your sunshine, sing me a song
Bb C F
Ever moving and winding and free
Bb F Bb F
You rolling old river, you changing old river
Bb C Bb F
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
[Verse]
Bb F
I've been to the city and I've been back again
Gm C
I've been moved by some things that I've learned
F Bb F
Met a lot of good people and called them friends
C F
Felt the change when the seasons turned
[Verse]
Bb F
I've heard all the songs that the children sing
Gm C
And I've listened to love's melodies
F Bb F
I've felt my own music within me rise
C F
Like the wind in the autumn trees
[Chorus]
Am Bb C
River take me along
F Am Bb C
In your sunshine, sing me a song
Bb C F
Ever moving and winding and free
Bb F Bb F
You rolling old river, you changing old river
Bb C Bb F
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
[Verse]
Bb F
Some day when the flowers are blooming still
Gm C
Some day when the grass is still green
F Bb F
My rolling waters will round the bend
C F
And flow into the open sea
[Verse]
Bb F
So here's to the rainbows that followed me here
Gm C
And here's to the friends that I've known
F Bb F
And here's to the song that's within me now
C F
I will sing it where'er I go
[Chorus]
Am Bb C
River take me along
F Am Bb C
In your sunshine, sing me a song
Bb C F
Ever moving and winding and free
Bb F Bb F
You rolling old river, you changing old river
Bb C Bb F
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea
[Chorus]
F Am Bb C
Oh, river take me along
F Am Bb C
In your sunshine, sing me a song
Bb C F
Ever moving and winding and free
Bb F Bb F
You rolling old river, you changing old river
Bb C Bb F Bb F Bb F
Let's you and me, river, run down to the sea.......