Standard tuning EADGBe

(no guitar)              Em - Em7  A - A7
My love   is like   a river,
                             D - D9
She just keeps on  rolling along
                                         Em - Em7  A - A7
No man  ever can  keep that girl   from moving on
                                     D - D9
Easy as she comes by,  easy as she's gone

Get down,  real down,  crying how   I love that girl,
She's as free as heaven   on  a breeze
Lay my  burden down,  down by   the river's edge,
There I learned to let my   lover be


Guitar solo:
             Em7                     A7   
E | --------------------------------------- | 
B | ---------- b-----b--------------------- | 
G | -----7---7-(b9)---11-(b9)--------(b9)-------- | 
D | -7-(b9)--(b9)------------12-(b9)12-----(b9)---- | 
A | -----------------------------------12-- | 
E | --------------------------------------- | 
     D                     D9                  D
E | ------------------------------------------------------ | 
B | --b----12-10----10----10------------------------------ | 
G | -11-11-------11----11----11-(b9)11-(b9)-----(b9)------------ | 
D | -----------------------------------12-(b9)--12-(b9)12-/-0- | 
A | ------------------------------------------------------ | 
E | ------------------------------------------------------ | 
               Em7             A7   
E | -------------------------------- | 
B | -------------b---7-b---------b-- | 
G | -7-----7-----(b9)----(b9)--7---7-(b9)- | 
D | ---(b9)7---(b9)7-------------(b9)----- | 
A | -------------------------------- | 
E | -------------------------------- | 
               Em7             A7     D                     D9                  D
E | ---b----10----------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
B | --12-12----12-10-12-10-12-10----10-12-------------------------------------------- | 
G | -----------------------------11-------11---11-11-(b9)--------10-10-10-(b9)12-(b9)12-12- | 
D | ---------------------------------------------------12-(b9)12----------------------- | 
A | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
E | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 

[organ solo + vocal background]
 
And don't you know I'd hold you (hold you, oh yeah)
If I could find a way, (oh yeah, oh yeah)
If I could only catch you, (oooh, catch you, oh yeah)
If you would only stay. (stay, stay)

And don't you know I want you, (want you, want you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, stay (stay, yeah)
If I could only love you, (love me)
But girl you keep on running away, running away, running away
Oooh no (yeah)

                     A7
My love is like a river

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Tabbed by Sexytom