Author's Note - #35 in Canada and #66 in the USA. From "I Think, Therefore I Am" 1971.
- https://youtu.be/cWpYvDc8pDg?si=M86IvLdj5ibg3LJZ
[Intro]
G F G G
[Verse 1]
G F
Big brown tin can lying in the black sand
C
We used to lie there and watch the day
D D7
Now the leaves have all turned to grey
[Chorus]
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
We can't go there no more
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
The birds don't sing, ain't it a sad thing
[Verse 2]
G F
Little child upon my knee holds a picture of a tree
C
Tears in his eyes say where'd they all go
D D7
The tears in mine say I really don't know
[Chorus]
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
We can't go there no more
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
The birds don't sing, ain't it a sad thing
[Bridge]
C G
Listen to the wind blowing over the land
D G
Listen to the reasons that you don't understand
A D
Reach out and take my hand and we'll run, run, run, run
[Instrumental]
G F C D D7
[Chorus]
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
We can't go there no more
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
The birds don't sing, ain't it a sad thing
[Verse 3]
G F
Cities eating up the land, progress eating up the planet
C
The writing's in the slime on the sewer wall
D D7
You better look see or we're all gonna fall
[Chorus]
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
We can't go there no more
G D
Down by the river where the river don't flow
C G
The birds don't sing, ain't it a sad thing
[Outro]
G F C D D7 x2
