C                        F
City life was gettin' us down
 G                      C
So we spent the weekend out of town
 Am                         Dm         G           C
Pitched the tent on a patch of ground, down by the river

C                          F
Little fire and drank some wine
G                         C
You put your jeans on top of mine
Am                         Dm    G           C
Said: come in, the water's fine, down by the river

C             F    G           C
Down by the river, Down by the river
Am                 Dm            G           C
Said: come in, the water's fine, down by the river, 
 
C                        F
Didn't feel too good all night
G                         C
So we took a walk in the mornin' light
Am                    Dm          G           C
We came across the strangest side Down by the river

C                       F
Silver fish lay on it's side
 G                     C
It was washed up by the early tide
 Am             Dm    G            C
I wonder how it died, down by the river
 
C             F    G           C
Down by the river, Down by the river
Am                  Dm        G            C
Silver fish lay on it's side, down by the river
 
C                     F
Doctor put us both to bed
G                           C
He dosed us up and he shook his head
 Am                    Dm        G            C
Only foolish people go, he said, down by the river

C                     F
Why do willows weep said he
G                       C
Because they're dying gradually
Am                      Dm         G            C
From the waste from the factories, down by the river

C             F    G           C
Down by the river, Down by the river
Am                 Dm        G            C
Why do willows weep said he, down by the river
 
D                        G
In time the river banks will die
A                            D
The region wilt and the dogs will fly
Bm                        Em G         A            D
There'll be a tear in the otter's eye, down by the river

 D
The banks will soon be black and dead
A                            D
And where the otter's raised his head
Bm                      Em           A            D
Will be a clean white stone instead, down by the river
 
C             F    G           C
Down by the river, Down by the river
Bm                       Em            A           D
The banks will soon be black and dead, down by the rive