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