(verse 1) 
D5                G5           A5 
I never had no regrets, boys;  
                    D5 
Not for nothing I've done.  
                       G5         A5 
I owed the devil some debts, boys,  
                  D5 
Paid them all up but one.  
G5                   D5           
And I don't even regret the living  
A5                      D5 
That I'll be leaving behind.  
                         G5 - A5 
I've gotten weary of searching  
                           D5 
For something I couldn't find.  


            A5 
I'm going down to the shade  
        D5 
By the river one more time,  
               A5                      D5 
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.  
            G5                          D5 
I'm gonna leave whatever's left of my luck to the losers,  
              A5 - A5 
Then bend me down  
                       D5 
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) 
            A5 
I'm going down to the shade  
        D5 
By the river one more time,  
               A5                      D5 
And feel the breeze on my face before I die.  
            G5                          D5 
I'm gonna leave whatever's left of my luck to the losers,  
              A5 - A5 
Then bend me down  
                       D5 
and kiss the world goodbye.