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Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife, 
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Moody river, your muddy water took my ba - by's life.

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Last Saturday evenin', came to the old oak tree; 
    E5                B5          C5  C5  A5   A5  G5 
It stands beside the river where you     were to meet  me. 
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On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me, 
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It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong, now I must  set  you free." 
E5          B5                   E5            B5 
"No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin, 
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"I just couldn't tell you that guy was just   a   friend." 
 
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   E5              B5             E5           B5 
I looked into the muddy water and what could I see? 
   E5            B5               C5    C5  A5  A5  G5 
I saw a lonely, lonely face just look - in' back  at    me. 
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Tears in his eyes, and a prayer on his lips, 
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And the glove of his lost love at his fin - ger - tips. 
 
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