By the banks of the
river
D D - G D - G - D
1. By the banks of
the river where the willows lay down,
Bm - G D
and the wild birds
all hover, with a lonesome
sound.
Bm -
G
D
Down in some hollow, where the waters run past,
C
- G A D - G - D
there I first
listened to the lies that you
told.
D - G D - G - D
2. Now I lie on my
bed, and I see your sweet face,
Bm -
G D
the past I
remember time cannot erase.
Bm - G D
The letters you wrote me, were written in shame,
C - G A D - G-D
and I know that
your conscience still lets go my
name.
D -
G D
- G - D
3. Oh, the nights are
so long, Lord, sorrow runs deep,
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and nothing is
worse than a night without sleep.
Bm - G D
I walk out alone, I look at the sky,
C - G
A D - G - D
too lonesome to
sing, too empty to cry.
D - G D - G-D
4. If the ladies was
blackbirds and the ladies was
bushes,
Bm - G D
IŽd lay there for
hours in the chilly cold notions.
Bm -
G D
If the ladies was squirrels with light bushy tails,
I`d fill my
shotgun with the rocks of the
names.
(Joan Baez)