| A / / / | Bm / / / | C / G / | G / D / | D / / / |
Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
| A / / / | Em / / / | C / / / | C / / / | D / / / |
All the birds that were singing are
flown, except you alone.
Piano | G / / / | / / C / | G / / / | / / C / |
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| G / / / | C / / / | G / Em / | C / G / |
1. Going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hand and knees, I will
roll, roll, roll.
| G / Bm / | C / G / | G / A / | C / G / |
Make myself a bed by the waterside,
In my time, in my time, I
will roll, roll, roll.
| G / B / | C / G A | G / A / | C / G / | G / / / |
In a bed, in a bed, by the
waterside I will lay my head.
Listen to the river sing
sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Piano | G / / / | / / C / | G / / / | / / C / |
|---3-------------------3--||-----5-3------------1--0--||---------4-0--------0--0--||-------------0-0h2--2--0--||-----------------------2--|
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2. River going to take me, sing me sweet and sleepy,
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home. Doo doo doooooh
It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
Mama, mama, many worlds I've
come since I first left home.
Goin' home, goin' home, by the waterside I will rest my bones,
Listen to the river sing
sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Piano | G / / / | / / C / | G / / / | / / C / |
3. Going to plant a weeping willow,
On the (whoooh) bank's green
edge it will, grow, grow, grow.
Sing a lullaby beside the water,
Lovers come and go, the river
roll, roll, roll.
Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing
sweet songs, to rock my soul.
| G / / / | C / / / | G / Em / | C / G / |
| G / Bm / | C / G / | G / A / | C / G / |
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|-------------15-14-12-------------|------------------||-11/12-15-15----------11/12-------|------------------||----------------------------14-14-|-12—14/15/16-12--||----------------------------------|------------------||----------------------------------|------------------|
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| G / B / | C / G A || G / A / | C / G / | G / / / : ||
Fare you well, fare you
well, I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing
sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Gonna listen to the river
sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.
Dooh dooh doooo, etc.
G C G G A C G
G C G G A C G
G A C G