C            F
I met you in 82,
       Am                G
over a crate of beer and not a few
C                   F
I cracked a can and so did you,
Am                    G
we're going to change the world
C                   F
The ghetto kings of downside town
Am                       G
the estates and parks of our hallowed ground
C              F
Doing anything that we found,
Am               G
and on the river flowed
  C            F         Am          G    
You'd take a drink from Rev. Jimmy Jones
  C                F            Am              G   
You'd cross the street on the path the gunman roams
  C            F         Am          G   
Thrown aside and left to waste, that was you - you knew your place
  C            F             Am                     G   
Wander round, get off your face, and on the river flowed

[Chorus]
Am                         C      G   F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Am                         C      G   F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow

[Verse 2]
C                               F
I don't know how you made it through
Am                 G    
all the smoke and brew you do
C                               F
It sure has left its mark on you
Am                 G  
but you're still with us today
C                               F
Life goes on and round we go
Am                 G  
and words can kill these things I know
C                               F
Sometimes you cut deeply so,
Am                 G  
but on the river flows
C                               F
You'd set the table for barber Sweeney Todd
Am                 G  
You'd clip the wings of any rising god
C                               F
But man can't live on hope alone,
Am                 G  
it can be cut all that is grown
C                               F
Broke your spirit but not your bones
Am                 G  
and on the river flows

[Chorus]
Am                         C      G   F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow
Am                         C      G   F
On and on the river flow - we are the undertow

[Verse 3]
C                               F
You're working now - forced to the race
Am                 G  
I know it left a bitter taste
C                               F
But the rising tide had covered your face
Am                 G  
Nothing you could do
C                               F
But I still remember the day you said
Am                 G  
That the river flowing through my head
C                               F
Would take me far or leave me dead
Am                 G  
And all you said was true

[Outro]
C             F             Am            G
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
C             F             Am            G
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed
C             F             Am            G
on and on and on and on and on and on and on
C             F             Am            G
and on and on and on and on and on the river flowed