Lyr Req: Watching the River Run (Loggins & Messina

04 Mar 03 - 08:43 AM (#903072)
Subject: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: Sandy Creek

Help me please. Need lyrics for song which contains the line "Run River Run."

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04 Mar 03 - 09:13 AM (#903087)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: GUEST,harpgirl

It's called "Watchin' The River Run by Loggins and Messina.

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04 Mar 03 - 09:15 AM (#903088)
Subject: ADDPOP: Watching the River Run (Loggins/Messina)
From: GUEST,harpgrrrl

Watching The River Run


If you've been thinking
You're all that you've got
Then don't feel alone anymore
'Cause when we're together
Then you've got a lot
For I am the river
And you are the shore

And it goes on and on
Watching the river run
Further and further
From things that we've done
Leaving them one by one
And we have just begun
Watching the river run
Listening and learning
And yearning
Run, river, run

Winding and turning
And dancing along
We passed by the old willow tree
Where friends embrace
As we sing them our song
Rejoicing together
As we greet the sea

And it goes on and on
Watching the river run
Further and further
From things that we've done
Leaving them one by one
And we have just begun
Watching the river run
Listening and learning
And yearning
Run, river, run

And it goes on and on
Watching the river run
Further and Further
From things that we've done
Leaving them one by one
And we have just begun
Watching the river run
Listening and learning
And yearning
Run, river, run

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04 Mar 03 - 05:46 PM (#903520)
Subject: Tune Req: "Run, River, Run"
From: Genie

Can anyone post an ABC or MIDI of the tune? I recall parts of it but not the whole thing.

Genie

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05 Mar 03 - 03:09 PM (#904161)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: Genie

Harpgirl, thanks for clarifying the title.

Still would like to know the tune.

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05 Mar 03 - 09:35 PM (#904423)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: michaelr

I've got chords for it -- will that help?

Cheers,
Michael

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05 Mar 03 - 09:38 PM (#904425)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: michaelr

Oh, and in verse 2 it should read where lovers caress... not "friends".

Loggins and Messina had a bunch of good songs, didn't they? Some of them very folky.

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05 Mar 03 - 11:33 PM (#904484)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: harpgirl

yes michaelr, I learned it with those words as well. I copied it off a website and didn't reread it. Sorry.

I learned it from the playing of Ron Wall, master autoharpist, on the autoharp but I assume you play guitar so here are the chords I would use:

A             A7               D               B7
If you've been thinking you're all that you've got,

      E                A
then don't feel alone anymore,

A               A7          D            D
Cuz when we're together then you've got alot

E                               A
I am the river and you are the shore

A            D      E
And it goes on and on

A          E    A
Watchin the river run

D                      E                      A
Listenin and learnin and yearnin to run river run




that should get it to sound like the L& M song but I'm sure there are some other chords to throw in there. I'm just a basic player on the guitar!    harpgrrrl

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05 Mar 03 - 11:40 PM (#904490)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: harpgirl

hmmm... well those chords seem to have to be moved a word over like this: A over anymore   A7 over together D over you've got alot
A over shore

then move the D and E, the E and A and the E and A over to the next word where you hear the chord changes. Sorry, I can't get the letters to line up properly. Mayeb a clone can fix it!

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06 Mar 03 - 03:56 PM (#905052)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: denise:^)

After seeing this thread, I remembered the song--which I had always liked--and had to go buy a copy...

Denise:^)

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07 Mar 03 - 12:46 PM (#905388)
Subject: Lyr/Chd. Req: Watching The River Run
From: Genie

How's this, springhopper?
 

 A                     A7                  D                   B7
 If you've been thinking you're all that you've got,

           E                          A
 then don't feel alone anymore,

             A                   A7              D              D
 'Cause when we're together then you've got a lot.

 E                                            A
 I am the river and you are the shore.

 A                D         E
 And it goes on and on,

 A                   E    A
 Watchin the river run,

   D                                     E                             A
 Listenin' and learnin' and yearnin' to run, river, run.

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07 Mar 03 - 12:48 PM (#905390)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: Genie

Here are the lyrics in a previous thread:
Lyr/Chords Req: Run, River, Run

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07 Mar 03 - 01:00 PM (#905398)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Run River Run
From: harpgirl

gee whiz Genie, how come I can't the chords over the words properly? You must be a genie....

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07 Mar 03 - 01:03 PM (#905399)
Subject: Chds Add: Watching The River Run (Run, River, Run)
From: Genie

Chords (reformatted) in C, from another thread.

Genie
 

C                     C7                  F                   
If you've been thinking you're all that you've got,

           G                          C
Then don't feel alone any more,

                                C7               F
'Cause when we're together then we've got a lot,

       G                           G7              C
 For I am the river and you are the shore.

 C7              F          G
 And it goes on and on,

 C                 X22010   Am-->3x2210
Watching The  River    Run
F                                      G
Further and further from things that we've done
 C              X22010   Am-->3X2210
Leaving us   one by   one
                    F        G
And we have just begun
  E                          F-->XX2011-->Dm
Watching The River Run
  F                                    G
Listening and learning and yearning,
                  C
Run, river, run.

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