| G / / / | Am / / / | Bb
/ F / | F / C / | C / / / |
Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
| G / / / | Dm / / / | Bb / / /
| C / / / | F / / / |
All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone.
Verse 1 | F / / / | Bb
/ / / | F / Dm / | Bb / F / |
Going to leave this brokedown palace,
On my hand and knees, I will roll, roll, roll.
| F / Am / | Bb / F / | F / G / | Bb / F / |
Make myself a bed in the waterside,
In my time, I will roll, roll roll.
| F / A / | Bb / F G | F / G / | Bb / F / | F / / / |
In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my
head.
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my
soul.
Verse 2 River going to take me, sing sweet and sleepy,
sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home.
It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left
home.
Goin' home, goin' home, by the riverside I will rest
my bones,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my
soul.
Verse 3 Going to plant a weeping willow,
On the bank's green edge it will, grow, grow, grow.
Sing a lullaby beside the water, Lovers come and go,
the river roll, roll, roll.
Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than
words can tell,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my
soul.
Lead | F / / / | Bb
/ / / | F / Dm / | Bb / F / |
| F / Am / | Bb
/ F / | F / G / | Bb / F / |
Verse 3 | F / A / | Bb
/ F G || F / G / | Bb / F / | F / / / : ||
(Last Third) Fare you well, fare you well, I love you more than words can tell,
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my
soul.
Gonna listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock
my soul.