This is from a Pat Boone recording. But Doc Watson did it as well.

Don

Starts with a Chorus

MOODY RIVER
Gary D. Bruce

CHORUS: Mo(G)ody River, mo(Em)re deadly, th(G)an the vainest kni(Em)fe.
Mo(G)ody River, your mud(G7)dy water, to(C)ok my baby's li(G)fe. (Em)

VERSE: La(Em)st Saturday ev(B7)ening, ca(Em)me to the old Oak tr(B7)ee.
I(Em)t stands beside the ri(B7)ver, where y(C)ou were to meet m(G)e. (Em)

1. Last Saturday evening, came to the old oak tree.
It stands beside the river, where you were to meet me.

2. On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me.
It read, "Dear love, I've done you wrong. Now I must set you free.

3. "No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin.
I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend."

CHORUS: Moody River, more deadly, than the vainest knife.
Moody River, your muddy water took my baby's life.

4. I looked into the muddy water, and what could I see?
I saw a lonely, lonely face just looking back at me.

5. Tears in his eyes, and a prayer on his lips,
And the glove of his lost love, at his fingertips. CHORUS