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Moody River
Words & Music by Gary D. BruceRecorded by Pat Boone, 1961 (#1)
Refrain:
G Em G Em
Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife,
G G7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
Moody river, your muddy water took my ba - by's life.
Em B7 Em B7
Last Saturday evenin', came to the old oak tree;
Em B7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me.
Em B7 Em B7
On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me,
Em B7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong, now I must set you free."
Em B7 Em B7
"No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin,
Em B7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
"I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend."
Repeat Refrain:
Em B7 Em B7
I looked into the muddy water and what could I see?
Em B7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
I saw a lonely, lonely face just look - in' back at me.
Em B7 Em B7
Tears in his eyes, and a prayer on his lips,
Em B7 C C/B Am7 Am7/G G
And the glove of his lost love at his fin - ger - tips.
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Suggested by recent visitor John O'Donnell, "The Ol' Folkie" of Pittsburgh, PA