Refrain:
[G]Moody river, [Em]more deadly [G]than the vainest [Em]knife,
[G]Moody river, your [G7]muddy water t[C]ook[C/B] my [Am7]ba -[Am7/G] by's l[G]ife.
[Em]Last Saturday [B7]evenin', c[Em]ame to the old oak t[B7]ree;
It s[Em]tands beside the r[B7]iver where y[C]ou [C/B] w[Am7]ere to[Am7/G] meet [G]me.
[Em]On the ground your g[B7]love I found with a [Em]note addressed to[B7] me,
It [Em]read "Dear love, I've d[B7]one you wrong, now [C]I m[C/B]ust [Am7]set [Am7/G] you fr[G]ee."
[Em]"No longer c[B7]an I live with this h[Em]urt and this s[B7]in,
[Em]"I just couldn't t[B7]ell you that g[C]uy [C/B]was j[Am7]ust [Am7/G] a fr[G]iend."
Repeat Refrain:
I l[Em]ooked into the m[B7]uddy water and [Em]what could I [B7]see?
I s[Em]aw a lonely, l[B7]onely face just l[C]ook -[C/B] in' [Am7]back [Am7/G] at [G]me.
[Em]Tears in his e[B7]yes, and a [Em]prayer on his l[B7]ips,
[Em]And the glove of [B7]his lost love [C]at [C/B]his [Am7]fin -[Am7/G] ger - t[G]ips.
Repeat Refrain:
[G]Moody river, [Em]more deadly [G]than the vainest [Em]knife,
[G]Moody river, your [G7]muddy water t[C]ook[C/B] my [Am7]ba -[Am7/G] by's l[G]ife.
[Em]Last Saturday [B7]evenin', c[Em]ame to the old oak t[B7]ree;
It s[Em]tands beside the r[B7]iver where y[C]ou [C/B] w[Am7]ere to[Am7/G] meet [G]me.
[Em]On the ground your g[B7]love I found with a [Em]note addressed to[B7] me,
It [Em]read "Dear love, I've d[B7]one you wrong, now [C]I m[C/B]ust [Am7]set [Am7/G] you fr[G]ee."
[Em]"No longer c[B7]an I live with this h[Em]urt and this s[B7]in,
[Em]"I just couldn't t[B7]ell you that g[C]uy [C/B]was j[Am7]ust [Am7/G] a fr[G]iend."
Repeat Refrain:
I l[Em]ooked into the m[B7]uddy water and [Em]what could I [B7]see?
I s[Em]aw a lonely, l[B7]onely face just l[C]ook -[C/B] in' [Am7]back [Am7/G] at [G]me.
[Em]Tears in his e[B7]yes, and a [Em]prayer on his l[B7]ips,
[Em]And the glove of [B7]his lost love [C]at [C/B]his [Am7]fin -[Am7/G] ger - t[G]ips.
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