Refrain: G5 E5 G5 E5 Moody river, more deadly than the vainest knife, G5 G5 C5 C5 A5 A5 G5 Moody river, your muddy water took my ba - by's life. E5 B5 E5 B5 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. E5 B5 E5 B5 On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me, E5 B5 C5 C5 A5 A5 G5 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, E5 B5 C5 C5 A5 A5 G5 "I just couldn't tell you that guy was just a friend." Repeat Refrain: 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. E5 B5 E5 B5 Tears in his eyes, and a prayer on his lips, E5 B5 C5 C5 A5 A5 G5 And the glove of his lost love at his fin - ger - tips. Repeat Refrain: