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River Road

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[Intro]
D  A7   D    A7  D      A7  D    A7   D
[Chorus]
Here I Dgo once again with my suitcase D7in my Ghand
And I'm Drunning aAway down River DRo - Aad
And I Dswear once again that I'm never D7coming Ghome
I'm Dchasing my Adreams down River DRoad
[Verse]
Mama Asaid, “DListen Achild
You're too Aold Dto run Awild
You're too Dbig to be Afishing
With the E7boys these days
So I Agrabbed some Dclothes and Aran
Stole five Adollars from a Dsugar Acan
A Dtwelve year old Ajail breaker Grunning aAwayA7  
[Chorus]
Here I Dgo once again with my suitcase D7in my Ghand
And I'm Drunning aAway down River DRo - Aad
And I Dswear once again that I'm never D7coming Ghome
I'm Dchasing my Adreams down River DRoad
[Verse]
Well I Amarried a Dpretty good Aman
And he Atries to DunderAstand
But he Dknows I've got Aleavin'
On my E7mind these days
When I Aget that Durge to Arun
I'm just Alike a Dkid agAain
The Dsame old Ajail breaker Grunnin' aAwayA7  
[Chorus]
Here I Dgo once again with my suitcase D7in my Ghand
And I'm Drunning aAway down River DRo - Aad
And I Dswear once again that I'm never D7coming Ghome
I'm Dchasing my Adreams down River DRoad

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River Road

by Crystal Gayle

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D A7 D A7 D A7 D A7 D

[Chorus]

D D7 G

Here I go once again with my suitcase in my hand

D A D A

And I'm running away down River Ro - ad

D D7 G

And I swear once again that I'm never coming home

D A D

I'm chasing my dreams down River Road

[Verse]

A D A

Mama said, “Listen child

A D A

You're too old to run wild

D A

You're too big to be fishing

With the boys these days

A D A

So I grabbed some clothes and ran

A D A

Stole five dollars from a sugar can

D A G A A7

A twelve year old jail breaker running away

[Chorus]

D D7 G

Here I go once again with my suitcase in my hand

D A D A

And I'm running away down River Ro - ad

D D7 G

And I swear once again that I'm never coming home

D A D

I'm chasing my dreams down River Road

[Verse]

A D A

Well I married a pretty good man

A D A

And he tries to understand

D A

But he knows I've got leavin'

On my mind these days

A D A

When I get that urge to run

A D A

I'm just like a kid again

D A G A A7

The same old jail breaker runnin' away

[Chorus]

D D7 G

Here I go once again with my suitcase in my hand

D A D A

And I'm running away down River Ro - ad

D D7 G

And I swear once again that I'm never coming home

D A D

I'm chasing my dreams down River Road

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