Strawbs – The River (Guitar)

Capo 7
Key
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Chords

Fmaj7#11 033200 (with E in the bass) [Intro] Fmaj7#11 [Verse 1]
  F
I made a sideways motion

Em
Turning a new leaf

    F
The single minded miner's girl

    C
Was there to share my grief

  F
I shivered in the bitter wind

      G
Three times the cockerel crowed

  Fmaj7#11
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow [Verse 2]
   F
An autumn turned to silver

Em
Winter turned to gold

    F
The weatherman said dress up

      C
But I did not feel the cold

     F
Kids waited with toboggans

     G
As I sheltered from the snow

  Fmaj7#11
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow [Instrumental] F Em F C F G Fmaj7#11 [Verse 3]
F
I will drink the milk from you breasts

Em                   F
Meld myself to you
Collect the valley lilies
    C
The worshippers once strew

   F
My body aches with hunger

         G
Yet your belly has to grow

  Fmaj7#11        E7
I waited for the river
But the river did not flow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_%26_Roll