Intro F Dm C F Dm Bb C F Verse 1 F C F Don’t you wish we could be everything we could be Dm F G7 C Like a cowboy, a kid, or a sailor F We could ride like the wind C F Set sail and set trim Dm C F Or just play in the sand by the water Chorus F Dm So run river run Bb F There are songs to be sung Dm Bb C F Though you ramble like song in the story F Dm On the river of dreams Bb F Such a nameless old stream Dm Bb C F Is our one shining moment of glory F Dm C F Dm Bb C F Verse 2 F Young lovers take care C F Young lovers beware Dm C F How fleet is the moment of passion F And catch if you can C F A sleight of a hand Dm Bb C F If you live in a house of illusion Chorus F Dm So run river run Bb F There are songs to be sung Dm Bb C F Though you ramble like song in the story F Dm On the river of dreams Bb F Such a nameless old stream Dm Bb C F Is our one shining moment of glory Bridge Dm C F And the cannons still thunder and roar Dm C F And there are guns on the shoulders of children Dm C We can still see them smile with the face of a child G7 C7 Using heart, using hope, using reason Verse 3 F C F And if all human kind could look backwards in time Dm C7 Counting one mistake after another F C F And forgive or retreat but never repeat Dm Bb C F The sins and the deeds of our father Chorus F Dm So run river run Bb F There are songs to be sung Dm Bb C F Though you ramble like song in the story F Dm On the river of dreams Bb F Such a nameless old stream Dm Bb C F Is our one shining moment of glory
