Am                           C
Down by the river by the boats 
G                            D
Where everybody goes to be alone 
Am                           C 
Where you wont see any rising sun 
G                         D
Down to the river we will run 


Am                                   C
When by the water we drink to the dregs 
G                               D
Look at the stones on the river bed 
Am                    C
I can tell from your eyes 
G                              D
You've never been by the riverside 


Am                       C
Down by the water the riverbed 
G                          D
Somebody calls you somebody says 
A                        C
swim with the current and float away
G                   D
Down by the river everyday 


Chorus:
Am   Em           G          D                 Am             Em      G
Oh. My God. I see- How everything is torn, in the river deep
     D             Am           Em       G
And  I don't know why,    I  go the way
D                   Am
Down by-       the riverside 


When that old river runs pass your eyes 
To wash off the dirt on the riverside 
Go to the water so very near
The river will be your eyes and ears 

I walk to the borders on my own 
To fall in the water just like a stone 
Chilled to the marrow in them bones 
Why do I go here all alone 

Oh, my God, I see how everything is torn in the river deep 
And I don't know why I go the way 
Down by the riverside