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G   D   Em   C

[Verse]
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Driving home on the Mohawk Trail last night
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Am I nameless as the dry leaves in my headlights
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When I saw a state trooper running out onto the French King Bridge
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Flashlight sweeping the darkness over the edge

[Verse]
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On a fair day you can see the Green Mountains turn blue
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Standing on the French King watching the river roll through
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And on a moonless night the black wind howls and moans
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And the river moves like a serpent a hundred feet below

[Chorus]
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So roll on river, restless for the sea
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Take this valley, wash it clean
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Who can say where a soul will find peace
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Who will keep the river from the sea

[Instrumental]
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G   D   Em   C

[Verse]
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I thought of a shepherd, his flock bedded down for the night
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And the eyes of the wolves moving just beyond the firelight
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And my own little child asleep in his bed
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As I drove on into the darkness up ahead

[Chorus]
   G                               D     Am
So roll on river, restless for the sea
                          C
Take this valley, wash it clean
G                                  D       Am
Who can say where a soul will find peace

Who will keep the river from
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Who will keep the river from the sea

[Outro]
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G   D   Em   C