What (C)I love most a bout riv ers is: you (F)can’t step in the same (C)riv er twice.

The (F)wa ter’s al ways (G)chang ing, al ways (C)flow ing.

But (Fmaj7)peo ple, I guess, can’t live like that; we (Am)all must pay a price: To be (Dm7)safe we lose our chance of ev er (Dm7)know ing

(Em)what’s a round the riv er bend,

wait ing (Em)just a round the riv er bend.

I (G)look (C)once (F)more (C)just a round the riv er bend be (G)yond (C)the (F)shore, (C)where the gulls fly free.

Don’t (Am)know what for, (D9sus)what I dream the (D9)day might send (F)just a round the riv er bend

for (A)me,

com ing for (A)me.

I (C)feel it there be yond those trees or (F)right be hind these (Gsus)wa ter falls.

Can (F)I ig nore the (G)sound of dis tant (C)drum ming for a (Fmaj7)hand some stur dy hus band who builds (G)hand some stur dy (Am)walls and (F)nev er dreams that some thing might be (G)com ing

(Em)just a round the riv er bend?

(F)Just a round the riv er (F)bend.

(G)I look (C)once (F)more (C)just a round the riv er bend be (G)yond (C)the (F)shore, (C)some where past the sea.

Don’t (Am)know what for...

(D9sus)why do all my (D9)dreams ex tend (F)just a round the riv er bend?

(Dm)Just a round the riv er bend.

(F)Should I choose the smooth est course

(C)stead y as the beat ing (F)drum?

(F)Should I mar ry Ko co (G)um?

Is (C)all my dream ing at an (F)end?

Or (F)do you still

(G)wait for me, Dream (Am)Giv er

(Dm7)just a round the (G7sus)riv er

(C)bend?