Verse
E A E
Well I was born up in the mountains
F#m B E
Raised up in a desert town
E A E
And I never saw the ocean
F#m B E
Til I was close to your age now
[Chorus]
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
C#m A E
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
A E
Hey hey hey
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
[Verse]
E A E
I'm going back to San Angelo
F#m B E
The ground is hard and the county's dry
E A E
But I'm gonna get my fill somehow
F#m B E
River's of corn, and wheat and rye
[Chorus]
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
C#m A E
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
A E
Hey hey hey
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
[Solo over Verse pattern]
[Chorus]
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
C#m A E
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
A E
Hey hey hey
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
[Verse]
E A E
Oh red red river valley
F#m B E
Will she remember all the things we said
E A E
And what's the chance that she'll remember
F#m B E
All those nights in the river bed
[Chorus]
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
C#m A E
Hey hey hey, You rolling river
C#m A E
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
A E
Hey hey hey
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
[Outro]
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right
A C#m
Only a river gonna make things right
A E
Only a river gonna make things right