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