Written by Félix Leclerc / Robert Hunter
INTRO G Am Bb F C Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one. G Dm Bb C4 All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone F Bb F Going to leave this Brokedown Palace, F Dm Bb F On my hand and knees, I will roll, roll, roll F Am Bb F Make myself a bed by the waterside, F Dm Bb F In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll F A Bb F G In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head F G Bb F Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul F Bb F River gonna take me Sing me, sweet and sleepy F Dm Bb F Sing me sweet and sleepy, all the way back home F Am Bb F It's a far-gone lullaby, sung many years ago F Dm Bb F Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come, since I first left home F A Bb F G Going home, going home, by the waterside I will rest my bones F G Bb F Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul F Bb F Going to plant a weeping willow, F Dm Bb F On the bank's green edge, it will grow, grow, grow F Am Bb F Sing a lullaby beside the water Lovers come and go-the river roll, roll, roll F A Bb F G Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell F G Bb F Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul. Final: F Bb F F G Bb F F Bb F F G Bb F F G Bb F
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