AE7
Well, I tried, and I tried,
DA
But the river seems so wide.
DE7A
And my head hurts and my hands are tied.
AE7
And it's so... hard,
DA
When you're standing on the yard,
DE7A
Every time that your number comes a-round.
Chorus 1:
AD
Call me up in Dreamland, radio to me man.
AE7
Get the message to me, anyway you can.
AD
Well, let your river roll, a-way down in your soul,
AE7DA
Never to grow old... on the saxo-phone.
Verse 2:
AE7
From the airport, to the plane,
DAA-way to the railroad trains.
DE7
Why can't we take it from the top,
A
And start all over again?
AE7
Everytime you hear that whistle blow,
DA
You know you gotta put on your show;
DE7A
Every time your number comes a-round.
Chorus 2:
AD
Call me up in Dreamland, radio to me man.
AE7
Get the message to me, anyway you can.
AD
Well, let your river roll, a-way down in your soul,
AE7DA
Never to grow old... on the saxo-phone.
Sax Solo:
AE7D A, DE7A (x2)
Verse 4:
AE7
From the car, to the bar;
DA
Or why don't you pour it in a jar?
D
An put a label on it,
E7A
And send it off to the lost and found.
AE7
You've gotta get it in your brain,
DA
But be-fore you go in-sane;
DE7A
Every time your number comes a-round. (Here it comes);
Chorus 3:
AD
Call me up in Dreamland, radio to me man.
AE7
Get the message to me, anyway you can.
AD
Well, let your river roll, a-way down in your soul,
AE7DA
Never to grow old... on the saxo-phone.
Coda:
AE7DA
Never to grow old... on the saxo-phone.
AE7DAA7
Never to grow old... on the saxo-pho...ne.
(Lord have mercy!)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.