Note: Capo up one fret to spound like the CD 
 
    D5           G5        D5
The lines on my father's face 
                       A5      D5
Ran deep as creek beds on our place 
                        G5           D5
And the river ran right through his soul 
                       A5         D5
But I know at times it tooks its toll 
         G5        
When the crops would flood we lived on fish 
    D5            A5      D5
But never did my father wish 
                      G5           D5
To leave the land his life flowed from 
                 A5        D5
The river and my dad were one 
    B5                     G5
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A5                         B5    G5
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D5           A5     B5
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G5   A5                  D5
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
                       G5     D5
As a kid I watched the river flow 
                           A5          D5
Yeah, I admired the way it rocked and rolled 
                      G5     D5
Dad was proud I was a river rat 
                                   A5     D5
But that's where our common ground ended at 
         G5
'Cause I seen those city lights downstream 
         D5                     A5    D5
And they drew me in when I was seventeen 
                       G5     D5
I went everywhere that river runs 
                        A5       D5
Yeah, me and that river we were one 
    B5                     G5
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A5                         B5    G5
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D5           A5     B5
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G5   A5                  D5
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
                  G5      D5
Two years ago dad passed away 
                           A5        D5
And I'll never forget that mournful day 
                      G5       D5
Then a lawyer read me out his will 
                            A5         D5
It said "son, it's time for you to be still" 
       G5
Then a week ago a government man 
         D5             A5         D5
Tried to pay me off to flood our land 
                       G5            D5
And I did just what my dad would've done 
                         A5      D5
'Cause me and that river we are one 
    B5                     G5
And I'm one of the river's own 
     A5                         B5    G5
It's current down inside me is strong 
         D5           A5     B5
And it's up to me to carry on 
       G5   A5                  D5
'Cause I'm one of the river's own 
 
 
Mike Berry     mberry@rcip.com