Note: Capo up one fret to spound like the CD 
 
    D           G        D
The lines on my father's face 
                       A      D
Ran deep as creek beds on our place 
                        G           D
And the river ran right through his soul 
                       A         D
But I know at times it tooks its toll 
         G        
When the crops would flood we lived on fish 
    D            A      D
But never did my father wish 
                      G           D
To leave the land his life flowed from 
                 A        D
The river and my dad were one 
    Bm                     G
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A                         Bm    G
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D           A     Bm
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G   A                  D
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
                       G     D
As a kid I watched the river flow 
                           A          D
Yeah, I admired the way it rocked and rolled 
                      G     D
Dad was proud I was a river rat 
                                   A     D
But that's where our common ground ended at 
         G
'Cause I seen those city lights downstream 
         D                     A    D
And they drew me in when I was seventeen 
                       G     D
I went everywhere that river runs 
                        A       D
Yeah, me and that river we were one 
    Bm                     G
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A                         Bm    G
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D           A     Bm
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G   A                  D
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
                  G      D
Two years ago dad passed away 
                           A        D
And I'll never forget that mournful day 
                      G       D
Then a lawyer read me out his will 
                            A         D
It said "son, it's time for you to be still" 
       G
Then a week ago a government man 
         D             A         D
Tried to pay me off to flood our land 
                       G            D
And I did just what my dad would've done 
                         A      D
'Cause me and that river we are one 
    Bm                     G
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A                         Bm    G
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D           A     Bm
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G   A                  D
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
 
 
Mike Berry     mberry@rcip.com