DF#m What are we gonna do, when you've stopped crying?
BmG A What ever you're going through it's not worth dying.
 
DF#m Chasing away the blues, I know you're trying.
BmG E And nobody wants to lose, I don't know why.
ABm Cause I live by the river, live by the river and
EDAD I'll die by the river I'm sailing, away, today.
DF#m What are you gonna say when they stop laughing?
BmG A You're giving it all away when you've got nothing.
 
DF#m How many times a day you feel like walking?
BmGE Taking a holiday from all the shy-y-y...
ABm But I live by the river, live by the river and
EDAD I'll die by the river I'm sailing, away, today.
 
DF#mBmG ADF#mBmG E
ABm Cause I live by the river, live by the river and
EDAD I'll die by the river I'm sailing, away, today.
F#mBm And you've got to grab the bull by the horns my friend
F#mBm it's the only way to go.
F#mBmF#mBm And when the story's told we can go home.
 
DF#m So what are we gonna do, when you've stopped crying?
BmG A What ever you're going through it's not worth dying.
 
DF#m Keeping away the blues you know I'm trying.
BmGE What've we got to lose, and testify-y-y...
ABm Cause I live by the river, live by the river and
EDA I'll die by the river I'm sailing, away,
DABmED