By The Riverside chords

[INTRO]
[G] xxx [G7] xxxx [C] xxx [G] xxx (x2)

[VERSE 1]
Skipped out of [G] workx
Just to ease my [G7] thoughtsx
Went down to the [C] riversidex
Just to get [G] lostx
Got some fishing [G] linex
And a [G7] xxxx ????
Sat there thinki[C]ngx
About hugging [G] xxx ???
Took of my [G] shoesx
Got my ankles [G7] deepx
As I was [C] thinkingx
Of drifting off to [G] sleepx
Dreamt I was [G] richx
With gold and [G7] winex
Married to a [C] womanx
Beautiful and [G] kindx
But I [D] awokex with something on the [G] line.x

[CHORUS]
Well no [C] xxx ???
There is no [G] weight?x
I let the [D] devilx
Take the [G] baitx
misadven [C] turex will be my [G] bridex
As I [A7] layx [D] byx the river[G]sidex

[VERSE 2]
Sun had [G] passedx
The wind grew [G7] coldx
Cut my [C] facex to
A pot that [G] boiledx
Thought of all the [G] thingsx
In life were [G7] neatx
Cracking a [C] branchx
Over on my [G] kneex
I feed the [A7] firex [D7] yesx and it feeds [G] mex

[CHORUS]
Well no [C] xxx ???
There is no [G] weight?x
I let the [D] devilx
Take the [G] baitx
misadven [C] turex will be my [G] bridex
As I [A7] layx [D] byx the river [G] sidex

[INTERLUDE]
[C] xxx [G] xxx [C] xxx [G] xxx
[C] xxx [G] xxx [A7] xxxx [D7] xxxx [G] xxx

[VERSE 3]
Skipped out of [G] workx
Just to ease my [G7] thoughtsx
Went down to the [C] riversidex
Just to get [G] lostx
My belly [G] fullx
I thought of [G7] restx
Like a pair of [C] robinsx
Gathered in the [G] nestx
I could reach the [G] groundx
My pack in a [G7] stream???x
thought of my [C] xxx ???
And my happy [G] dreamsx
Why can’t an [A7] enginex [D7] runx without [G] steamx

[CHORUS]
Well no [C] xxx ???
There is no [G] weight?x
I let the [D] devilx
Take the [G] baitx
misadven [C] turex will be my [G] bridex
As I [A7] layx [D] byx the river [G] sidex

[OUTRO]
[G] xxx [G7] xxxx [C] xxx [G] xxx