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