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