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DOWN BY THE RIVER
(Albert Hammond - 1972)

C                        F
  City life was gettin' us down
   G                      C
  So we spent the weekend out of town
   Am                         Dm
  Pitched the tent on a patch of ground
  G           C
  Down by the river
  C                          F
  Lit a fire and drank some wine
  G                         C
  You put your jeans on top of mine
  Am                         Dm
  Said: come in, the water's fine
  G            C
  Down by the river    


  C             F
  Down by the river
  G           C
  Down by the river
  Am                 Dm
  Said: come in, the water's fine
  G            C
  Down by the river    


  C                        F
  Didn't feel too good all night
  G                         C
  So we took a walk in the mornin' light
  Am                    Dm
  We came across the strangest sight
   G          C
  Down by the river
  C                       F
  Silver fish lay on its side
   G                     C
  It was washed up by the early tide
   Am             Dm
  I wonder how it died
  G            C
  Down by the river    

C           F
  Down by the river
  G            C
  Down by the river
  Am                  Dm
  Silver fish lay on its side
  G            C
  Down by the river    

C                     F
  Doctor put us both to bed
  G                           C
  He dosed us up and he shook his head
   Am                    Dm
  Only foolish people go, he said
  G            C
  Down by the river
  C                     F
  Why do willows weep said he
  G                       C
  Because they're dying gradually
  Am                      Dm
  From the waste from the factories
  G           C
  Down by the river    

C           F
  Down by the river
  G           C
  Down by the river
  Am                 Dm
  Why do willows weep said he
  G            C
  Down by the river    

D                       G
  In time the riverbanks will die
  A                                  D
  The reeds will wilt and the ducks will fly
  Hm                        Em
  There'll be a tear in the otter's eye
  A            D
  Down by the river
   D                           G
  The banks will soon be black and dead
  A                            D
  And where the otter's raised his head
  Hm                      Em
  Will be a clean white skull instead
  A            D
  Down by the river    

D            G
  Down by the river
  A            D
  Down by the river
  Hm                       Em
  The banks will soon be black and dead
   A           D
  Down by the river

[Recorded by Albert Hammond on “The Very Best of Albert Hammond," 1995.