CAPO 1
[D]SLOW TRAIN ON THE TRESTLE [G]PASSIN' OVERHEAD
COLD CAMPFIRE AND AN ARMY BLANKET WHERE I LAST LAID MY [D]HEAD
[D]I GOT TOBACCO AND I GOT BREAD TO [G]GET ME TO MORGANTOWN
GOTTA PUT A LITTLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US BUT I THINK I'M LOSIN' [D]GROUND
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVER[F] S[G]O GREEN IT'S [D]BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVER[F] I[G]'M SURE MISSIN' [D]YOU
WELL [D]MY EYES CLOSED YOU TURNED COLD AND [G]I COULDN'T MAKE YOU STAY
THE MORE I TRIED TO HOLD ON THE MORE YOU TURNED [D]AWAY
[D]GUESS I COULDA DONE BETTER THAN [G]FISH AND DRINK AND MINE
TELL ME HOW THINGS GET TOUGHER ALL I KNOW IS TOUGH [D]TIMES
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S [D]BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' [D]YOU
[D]I RAN INTO YOUR DADDY [G]HE'S OUT RUNNIN' HIS LINE
GAVE ME A BEER IN A BLUE CAN SAID I OUGHTA COME VISIT SOMET[D]IME
[D]RAIN CEOWS COTTONMOUTH [G]CATFISH AND CANE
YOUR NAME IS ON MY EVERY BREATH YOUR BLOOD IS IN MY [D]VEINS
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' YOU
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' YOU
[D]SLOW TRAIN ON THE TRESTLE [G]PASSIN' OVERHEAD
COLD CAMPFIRE AND AN ARMY BLANKET WHERE I LAST LAID MY [D]HEAD
[D]I GOT TOBACCO AND I GOT BREAD TO [G]GET ME TO MORGANTOWN
GOTTA PUT A LITTLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US BUT I THINK I'M LOSIN' [D]GROUND
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVER[F] S[G]O GREEN IT'S [D]BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVER[F] I[G]'M SURE MISSIN' [D]YOU
WELL [D]MY EYES CLOSED YOU TURNED COLD AND [G]I COULDN'T MAKE YOU STAY
THE MORE I TRIED TO HOLD ON THE MORE YOU TURNED [D]AWAY
[D]GUESS I COULDA DONE BETTER THAN [G]FISH AND DRINK AND MINE
TELL ME HOW THINGS GET TOUGHER ALL I KNOW IS TOUGH [D]TIMES
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S [D]BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' [D]YOU
[D]I RAN INTO YOUR DADDY [G]HE'S OUT RUNNIN' HIS LINE
GAVE ME A BEER IN A BLUE CAN SAID I OUGHTA COME VISIT SOMET[D]IME
[D]RAIN CEOWS COTTONMOUTH [G]CATFISH AND CANE
YOUR NAME IS ON MY EVERY BREATH YOUR BLOOD IS IN MY [D]VEINS
CHORUS
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' YOU
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]SO GREEN IT'S BLUE
[D]DOWN BY THE RIVE[F]R [G]I'M SURE MISSIN' YOU