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