From: Harlan L Thompson
WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW- Bob Dylan
E A
What’s the matter with me? I don’t have much to say
E F#
Daylight’s sneaking’ through the window
B
And I’m still in this all night cafe
E
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
A
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
E B E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol’ bank of sand
With the sun beatin’ down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings then I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #1:
B
People disagreein’ on just about everything, yep
E
Makes you stop and wonder why
C#m F#
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
B
Who just couldn’t help but cry
CHORUS:
E
Wo, but this old river keeps on rollin’ though
A
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
E B
And as long as it does I just sit here
E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #2:
People disagreein’ everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was a-really shook …CHORUS
A E A E A
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow
E A
Watching the river flow
E B
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand
E E/B E/Bb E/A E E7
And watch the river flow
E/B: x x x 4 0 0 E/Bb: x x x 3 0 0 E/A: x x x 2 0 0
E/F#: x x 4 2 0 0
NOTE: I may be weak on some of the blues turn arounds but I’m too lazy
To explain them in detail. Sorry…
(from Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Volume II, 1971)
(sent by Harlan at [email protected])
WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW- Bob Dylan
E A
What’s the matter with me? I don’t have much to say
E F#
Daylight’s sneaking’ through the window
B
And I’m still in this all night cafe
E
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
A
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
E B E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol’ bank of sand
With the sun beatin’ down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings then I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #1:
B
People disagreein’ on just about everything, yep
E
Makes you stop and wonder why
C#m F#
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
B
Who just couldn’t help but cry
CHORUS:
E
Wo, but this old river keeps on rollin’ though
A
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
E B
And as long as it does I just sit here
E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #2:
People disagreein’ everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was a-really shook …CHORUS
A E A E A
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow
E A
Watching the river flow
E B
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand
E E/B E/Bb E/A E E7
And watch the river flow
E/B: x x x 4 0 0 E/Bb: x x x 3 0 0 E/A: x x x 2 0 0
E/F#: x x 4 2 0 0
NOTE: I may be weak on some of the blues turn arounds but I’m too lazy
To explain them in detail. Sorry…
(from Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Volume II, 1971)
(sent by Harlan at [email protected])
