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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 14:51:35 -1000
From: Harlan L Thompson
Subject: watching the river flow- bob dylan
WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW- Bob Dylan
TUNING: E B E G# B E
A E A TURNAROUND 1
A D
What's the matter with me? I don't have much to say
A B
Daylight's sneaking' through the window
E
And I'm still in this all night cafe
A
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
D
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
A E A TURNAROUND 2
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol' bank of sand
With the sun beatin' down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow TURNAROUND 3
BRIDGE #1:
E
People disagreein' on just about everything, yep
A
Makes you stop and wonder why
F#m B
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
E
Who just couldn't help but cry
CHORUS:
A
Wo, but this old river keeps on rollin' though
D
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
A E
And as long as it does I just sit here
A TURNAROUND 1 (1ST TIME, 2ND TIME TO OUTRO)
And watch the river flow
SOLO (OVER VERSE CHORDS, END WITH TURNAROUND 3)
BRIDGE #2:
People disagreein' everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was a-really shook ...CHORUS
OUTRO:
D A D A D
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow
A D
Watching the river flow
A E
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand
A TURNAROUND 1, BUT END ON A7
And watch the river flow
CHORDS: TURNAROUND 1:
A D E B F#m A7 A E7
E -5--10--0--7---2---5--- ---5---5---5--------7--
B -5--10--0--7---2---8--- --5---5---5------5--5--
G# -5--10--0--7---1---5--- -8---7---6------5-5-6--
E -5--10--0--7---2---5--- -------------5-5----7--
B -5--10--0--7-------5--- -----------------------
E -5--10--0--7---2---5--- -----------------------
TURNAROUND 2
A E A
E -----5-----5-----5----5-5-3p0------------------------------------------
B ---5-----5-----5--------------------0-3-5------------------------------------
G# -8-----7-----6---------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------5----------------------0-0--------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------3-3-0-0------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------4-4--0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-
TURNAROUND 3
A E
E -----5-----5-----5-----------------------
B ---5-----5-----5-------------------------
G# -8-----7-----6---------------------------
E ------------------5-----5-----4-----2----
B ----------------------5-----4-----2------
E --------------------5-----4-----2------0-
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