Chords for Margo O' Donnell ; Road by the river { 1968 }

[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _
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I have walked [E] along Broadway, I've been down [B] the Strand, _ _ _
[E] And I've seen the big _ [Bm] highways [C#] in every [F#] land, _ _ _
[B] But in all big cities, [E] the likes I've never [B] seen, _ _
Of the road by [E] the river that [C#m] flows through [B] Rathine, _ _ _
I had only [E] _ _
heard a gay [B] lad in drove, _
He [E] was killed [B] in an _ [C#] ambush, O God [F#] rest his soul, _
_ [E] On the [B] spot where he fell, [E] a white cross can [B] be seen, _ _
On the road [E] by the river that flows through [B] _ Rathine, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] _
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Rows and rows of [E] new houses are built on [B] the green, _ _ _
And a cinema stands [C#] where my cottage [B] had been,
[F#] _ _ _
[B] The river is there, [C#m] but no trace can [B] be seen, _ _
Of the road by [E] the river that [C#m] flows through [B] Rathine, _ _ _ _
_ _ Everything [E] _ _ changes, and we [B] change as well, _ _
And [E] I'm sure [B] that you too, [A#m] if the truth [F#] you would tell, _ _
[B] Wander _ back to some well [E]-beloved spot [F#] in your [B] dream, _ _
Like the road by [E] the river that flows through [B] Rathine, _ _ _
Like the road [E] by the river that flows through [B] Rathine. _ _ _
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