Watching The River Flow

TUNING: (E) (B) (E) (G#) (B) (E) 
 
(A) (E) (A) TURNAROUND 1 
 
(A) (D) 
What‘s the matter with me? I don‘t have much to say 
(A) (B) 
Daylight‘s sneaking‘ through the window 
(E) 
And I‘m still in this all night cafe 
(A) 
Walking to and fro beneath the moon 
(D) 
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow 
(A) (E) (A) TURNAROUND 2 
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow 
 
Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol‘ bank of sand 
With the sun beatin‘ down over the chimney tops 
And the one I love so close at hand 
If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go 
But right now I just sit here so contentedly 
And watch the river flow TURNAROUND 3 
 
BRIDGE #1: 
(E) 
People disagreein‘ on just about everything, yep 
(A) 
Makes you stop and wonder why 
(F#m) (B) 
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street 
(E) 
Who just couldn‘t help but cry 
 
CHORUS: 
(A) 
Wo, but this old river keeps on rollin‘ though 
(D) 
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow 
(A) (E) 
And as long as it does I just sit here 
(A) TURNAROUND 1 (1ST TIME, 2ND TIME TO OUTRO) 
And watch the river flow 
 
SOLO (OVER VERSE CHORDS, END WITH TURNAROUND 3) 
 
BRIDGE #2: 
People disagreein‘ everywhere you look 
Makes you want to stop and read a book 
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street 
That was a-really shook ...CHORUS 
 
OUTRO: 
(D) (A) (D) (A) (D) 
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow 
(A) (D) 
Watching the river flow 
(A) (E) 
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand 
(A) TURNAROUND 1, BUT END ON (A7) 
And watch the river flow 
 
 
CHORDS: TURNAROUND 1: 
(A) (D) (E) (B) (F#m) (A7) (A) (E7) 
(E) -5--10--0--7---2---5--- ---5---5---5--------7-- 
(B) -5--10--0--7---2---8--- --5---5---5------5--5-- 
(G#) -5--10--0--7---1---5--- -8---7---6------5-5-6-- 
(E) -5--10--0--7---2---5--- -------------5-5----7-- 
(B) -5--10--0--7-------5--- ----------------------- 
(E) -5--10--0--7---2---5--- ----------------------- 
 
TURNAROUND 2 
(A) (E) (A) 
(E) -----5-----5-----5----5-5-3p0------------------------------------------ 
(B) ---5-----5-----5--------------------0-3-5------------------------------------ 
(G#) -8-----7-----6--------------------------------------------------------------- 
(E) -------------------5----------------------0-0-------------------------------- 
(B) ----------------------------------------------3-3-0-0------------------------ 
(E) ------------------------------------------------------4-4--0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5- 
 
TURNAROUND 3 
(A) (E) 
(E) -----5-----5-----5----------------------- 
(B) ---5-----5-----5------------------------- 
(G#) -8-----7-----6--------------------------- 
(E) ------------------5-----5-----4-----2---- 
(B) ----------------------5-----4-----2------ 
(E) --------------------5-----4-----2------0-