F                   C  
The gypsies know my future 
F                  Bb 
The angels know my past 
                   F 
I roll around this big wide world 
   C 
To find a love to last 
F                 C 
I'm weary from my wandering 
F                     Bb 
Lord I'm wounded in a war 
                          F 
I'll lay me low where the willows grow 
C7 
Listen to that river song 
F 
River runs by my window 
Bb               F 
River runs by my door 
Bb            F 
River runs so sweet 
Bb                  F     
Might never roam no more 
Bb                  F  Bb  F              
Might never roam no more 
F                                  C 
I've seen the stars falling on the mountains 
              F                    Bb 
I've seen the moon rising from the sea 
Bb                 F 
I never ever saw a sight so sweet 
        C 
As that woman in my arms asleep 
              F                C 
They say that honey heals the  body 
              F                    Bb 
They say that music can soothe the soul 
                           F                   
I've learned the heart has reasons 
C7 
That reason can not know 
F 
River runs by my window 
Bb               F 
River runs by my door 
Bb            F 
River runs so sweet 
Bb                  F     
Might never roam no more 
Bb                  Dm   Am C   Dm  Am  C  F              
Might never roam no more 
F                       C  
I don't know where that river roams 
F                       Bb 
But she goes around the bend 
                            F                           
Just might roll around the  great wide world  
C7 
Come on home again 
F 
River runs by my window 
Bb               F 
River runs by my door 
Bb            F 
River runs so sweet 
Bb                  F     
Might never roam no more 
Bb                  F  Bb  F              
Might never roam no more 
 
 
 
From The Tom Rush Anthology CD  
Sony/Legacy Records 1999