(verse 1) 
D                G           A 
I never had no regrets, boys;  
                    D 
Not for nothing I've done.  
                       G         A 
I owed the devil some debts, boys,  
                  D 
Paid them all up but one.  
G                   D           
And I don't even regret the living  
A                      D 
That I'll be leaving behind.  
                         G - A 
I've gotten weary of searching  
                           D 
For something I couldn't find.  


            A 
I'm going down to the shade  
        D 
By the river one more time,  
               A                      D 
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.  
            G                          D 
I'm gonna leave whatever's left of my luck to the losers,  
              A - A7 
Then bend me down  
                       D 
and kiss the world goodbye.   
 
(verse 2) 

Come to lucky-in-lovin'  

I never had no complaints.  

They never said I was evil,  

But then, I wasn't no saint.  

I'm just a river that rolled forever  

And never got to the sea.  

I ain't blaming nobody;  

I had it coming to me.  
 
(chorus) 
            A 
I'm going down to the shade  
        D 
By the river one more time,  
               A                      D 
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.  
            G                          D 
I'm gonna leave whatever's left of my luck to the losers,  
              A - A7 
Then bend me down  
                       D 
and kiss the world goodbye.