(intro) D  Bm  D  Bm
        Mmm.

          G                      Em              D     Bm          D     D7
  If you listen, you can hear it call :  wail a ree !     (wail a ree)
G         Bm     G7                C       Cm    G
    There      is a river called The River Of No Return,
                   Bm            Em                   D
    sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free!
G           Bm        G7              C       Cm    G
     Love       is a trav'ler on The River Of No Return,
Em          G    Bm       Em        C            D     G
    swept on forever       to be lost in the stormy sea.
             G
    (Wail a ree) I can hear the river call (no return, no return)
    No return, no return (wail a ree).
         Bm            Em            C                   D
   I can hear my lover call come to me (no return, no return)
       D7      G   Bm          G7          C        Cm         G
    I lost my love     on the river and forever my heart will yearn,
     G      Em          Bm      Em           C        D    G
    Gone,      gone forever     down The River Of No Return.
                                        C   G
   Wail a ree (wail a re e ee), wail a r....ee.
           C       D       G
    He'll never return to me!