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