Song Of The Boatmen

Am


[Verse 1]

     Am               Dm
Last night I lay in a restless bed
  F                      E
A hum-drum life pounding in my head
     Am                      Dm
When out of the night came a mighty roar!
    F      E          Am
The river, callin' me back once more.


[Chorus]

   Am
My heart knows what the river knows
Dm                     E
  I gotta go where the river goes
Am              Dm
Restless river, wild and free
F                     E       Am
  The lonely ones are you and me.


[Verse 2]

  Am              Dm
Today I know your magic call
     F                   E
Will lead me back to the canyon wall
        Am            Dm
And the music in your rapid's roar
           F         E             Am
Makes this boatman's song from his soul outpour


[Chorus]

   Am
My heart knows what the river knows
Dm                     E
  I gotta go where the river goes
Am              Dm
Restless river, wild and free
F                     E       Am
  The lonely ones are you and me.


[Verse 3]

  Am               Dm
Tonight as on your banks I sleep
       F                     E
Like a woman, soft, you will sigh and weep
     Am                Dm
 And I will dream of a sweet, warm kiss
      F       E               Am
And a moonlit stream, and the love I miss.


[Chorus]

   Am
My heart knows what the river knows
Dm                     E
  I gotta go where the river goes
Am              Dm
Restless river, wild and free
F                     E       Am
  The lonely ones are you and me.


[Verse 4]

    Am             Dm
Someday before I'm old and grey
     F                   E
I'll find a woman who'll go my way
       Am              Dm
She'll take the rapids strong with me
           F         E          Am
And she'll blend her voice in a song with me.


[Chorus]

   Am
My heart knows what the river knows
Dm                     E
  I gotta go where the river goes
Am              Dm
Restless river, wild and free
F                     E       Am
  The lonely ones are you and me.