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by Albert Hammond



Down By The River            (Albert Hammond - 1972)


                        
City life was gettin' us down
                       
So we spent the weekend out of town
                          
Pitched the tent on a patch of ground
           
Down by the river
                          
Little fire and drank some wine
                         
You put your jeans on top of mine
                         
Said: come in, the water's fine
            
Down by the river


             
Down by the river
           
Down by the river
                 
Said: come in, the water's fine
            
Down by the river


                        
Didn't feel too good all night
                         
So we took a walk in the mornin' light
                    
We came across the strangest side
           
Down by the river
                       
Silver fish lay on it's side
                      
It was washed up by the early tide
              
I wonder how it died
            
Down by the river

           
Down by the river
            
Down by the river
                  
Silver fish lay on it's side
            
Down by the river

                     
Doctor put us both to bed
                           
He dosed us up and he shook his head
                     
Only foolish people go, he said
            
Down by the river
                     
Why do willows weep said he
                       
Because they're dying gradually
                      
>From the waste from the factories
           
Down by the river

           
Down by the river
           
Down by the river
                 
Why do willows weep said he
            
Down by the river

                        
In time the river banks will die
                            
The region wilt and the dogs will fly
                        
There'll be a tear in the otter's eye
            
Down by the river
                            
The banks will soon be black and dead
                            
And where the otter's raised his head
                      
Will be a clean white stone instead
            
Down by the river

            
Down by the river
            
Down by the river
                       
The banks will soon be black and dead
            
Down by the river

The original song is written in Bb,
and will change to C; that means:

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The text is taken from CD by ear "Albert Hammond, The very best of Albert Hammond"