[INTRO]
[F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[First Verse]
Ri[F]ver of bl[Am]ue c[A#]ut through the val[C]ley
Sw[F]ept past the wi[Am]llows and the s[A#]andy [C]bar
Ra[F]n so swi[Am]ft, lo[A#]cked in my mem[C]'ry
But the wa[F]y things w[Am]ere is not the w[A#]ay things a[C]re
W[F]e used to sw[Am]im in the cr[A#]ook of its [C]arm
In the sum[F]mer heat w[Am]ho could be bl[A#]amed [C]
Avo[Gm]ided the ra[C]pids as [F]best as we co[A#]uld
Never t[Gm]hought that that st[C]ream could be t[F]amed
[Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[Second Verse]
[F]Long ago I ga[Am]ve up t[A#]hat riverside v[C]alley
T[F]raded coulees for to[Am]wers of st[A#]eel [C]
A[Gm]bandoned the v[C]istas and v[F]alleys of ch[A#]ildhood
For the t[Gm]hings that they told me were [Csus4]real [C]
N[F]o more would I r[Am]un with the sp[A#]eed of a c[C]olt
Cross the g[F]ravel down [Am]by water s[A#]ide [C]
To r[Gm]ace with the t[C]wig I t[F]hrew in at the b[A#]end
Couldn't b[Gm]eat it th[C]ough god knows I t[Fsus4]ried [F]
[CHORUS]
Now the r[C]iver's not running as f[A#]ast as it [C]did
There's a [F]dam there re[Am]stricting the f[A#]low [C]
And [Gm]I don't run e[C]ither as f[F]ast as I c[A#]ould
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown o[F]ld
[Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[Thrid Verse]
Now it's st[F]range in re[Am]turning to p[A#]laces of y[C]outh
It seems your m[F]emory has [Am]made a m[A#]istake[C]
Cause the p[Gm]lace that once s[C]cared you with w[F]hite water ru[A#]nning
Has been tu[Gm]rned by decree to a [Csus4]lake [C]
Makes me th[F]ink about [Am]how too [A#]I smoothed out the w[C]rinkles
Made the w[F]aters as c[Am]alm as you [A#]please[C]
Makes me t[Gm]hink about [C]how that r[F]iver and [A#]I
Were both [Gm]happier w[C]hen we ran f[Fsus4]ree [F]
[CHORUS]
Now the r[C]iver's not running as f[A#]ast as it [C]did
There's a [F]dam there re[Am]stricting the f[A#]low [C]
And [Gm]I don't run e[C]ither as f[F]ast as I c[A#]ould
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown [Fsus4]old [F]
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown o[F]ld
[Am] [A#] [F]
[F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[First Verse]
Ri[F]ver of bl[Am]ue c[A#]ut through the val[C]ley
Sw[F]ept past the wi[Am]llows and the s[A#]andy [C]bar
Ra[F]n so swi[Am]ft, lo[A#]cked in my mem[C]'ry
But the wa[F]y things w[Am]ere is not the w[A#]ay things a[C]re
W[F]e used to sw[Am]im in the cr[A#]ook of its [C]arm
In the sum[F]mer heat w[Am]ho could be bl[A#]amed [C]
Avo[Gm]ided the ra[C]pids as [F]best as we co[A#]uld
Never t[Gm]hought that that st[C]ream could be t[F]amed
[Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[Second Verse]
[F]Long ago I ga[Am]ve up t[A#]hat riverside v[C]alley
T[F]raded coulees for to[Am]wers of st[A#]eel [C]
A[Gm]bandoned the v[C]istas and v[F]alleys of ch[A#]ildhood
For the t[Gm]hings that they told me were [Csus4]real [C]
N[F]o more would I r[Am]un with the sp[A#]eed of a c[C]olt
Cross the g[F]ravel down [Am]by water s[A#]ide [C]
To r[Gm]ace with the t[C]wig I t[F]hrew in at the b[A#]end
Couldn't b[Gm]eat it th[C]ough god knows I t[Fsus4]ried [F]
[CHORUS]
Now the r[C]iver's not running as f[A#]ast as it [C]did
There's a [F]dam there re[Am]stricting the f[A#]low [C]
And [Gm]I don't run e[C]ither as f[F]ast as I c[A#]ould
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown o[F]ld
[Am] [A#] [C] [F] [Am] [A#] [C]
[Thrid Verse]
Now it's st[F]range in re[Am]turning to p[A#]laces of y[C]outh
It seems your m[F]emory has [Am]made a m[A#]istake[C]
Cause the p[Gm]lace that once s[C]cared you with w[F]hite water ru[A#]nning
Has been tu[Gm]rned by decree to a [Csus4]lake [C]
Makes me th[F]ink about [Am]how too [A#]I smoothed out the w[C]rinkles
Made the w[F]aters as c[Am]alm as you [A#]please[C]
Makes me t[Gm]hink about [C]how that r[F]iver and [A#]I
Were both [Gm]happier w[C]hen we ran f[Fsus4]ree [F]
[CHORUS]
Now the r[C]iver's not running as f[A#]ast as it [C]did
There's a [F]dam there re[Am]stricting the f[A#]low [C]
And [Gm]I don't run e[C]ither as f[F]ast as I c[A#]ould
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown [Fsus4]old [F]
Guess that r[Gm]iver and [C]I have grown o[F]ld
[Am] [A#] [F]
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