Chords for Riverman by Nick Drake
Tempo:
80.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
Eb
D
Bb
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G] [Gm]
But he came by on her way, [Bb]
said [F] she had a word to [Eb] say
About things today [G] Only
Said [G] she hadn't heard the news
[Bb] Hadn't had the time to [Eb] choose
A way to [G] lose
She believed
[Gm]
Gonna [Dm] see the river man
[Bb] [D]
Gonna tell [Bb] him all I [Fm] can
[Eb] About the plans
[G] [A] For a while at a [G]
time
[D] [D] If he tells me all he knows
[Bb] [D] About [Bb] the way his river [Fm]
flows
[Eb] And all night [C] shows
[G]
[D]
[Eb]
[G]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Cm]
[G] [A]
[Gm] Betty said [Dm] she prayed today
[Bb]
[Fm] For [Bb] the sky to blow [Fm] [Eb] away
Or maybe stay
[A] She wasn't [G] sure
For [Gm] when she thought [D] of summer [Fm] rain
Calling for her mind [Eb] again
She lost the pain
[G] And stayed for more
[A]
[Gm] Gonna see the river [D] man
[Bb]
[Fm] Gonna tell him all I [Eb] can
About [Cm] the plans
[G] On feeling free
[Gm] If he [D] tells me all he knows
[Bb] [Fm] About the way his river [Eb] flows
I don't suppose
[D] It for [G] [A] me
[Eb] Oh, how they come [G] and go
[Eb]
Oh, how they [G] come and
[Eb] go
Oh, how they
[D] [D] [Eb] [Gm]
[N]
[G] [Gm]
But he came by on her way, [Bb]
said [F] she had a word to [Eb] say
About things today [G] Only
Said [G] she hadn't heard the news
[Bb] Hadn't had the time to [Eb] choose
A way to [G] lose
She believed
[Gm]
Gonna [Dm] see the river man
[Bb] [D]
Gonna tell [Bb] him all I [Fm] can
[Eb] About the plans
[G] [A] For a while at a [G]
time
[D] [D] If he tells me all he knows
[Bb] [D] About [Bb] the way his river [Fm]
flows
[Eb] And all night [C] shows
[G]
[D]
[Eb]
[G]
[Eb]
[Gm] [Cm]
[G] [A]
[Gm] Betty said [Dm] she prayed today
[Bb]
[Fm] For [Bb] the sky to blow [Fm] [Eb] away
Or maybe stay
[A] She wasn't [G] sure
For [Gm] when she thought [D] of summer [Fm] rain
Calling for her mind [Eb] again
She lost the pain
[G] And stayed for more
[A]
[Gm] Gonna see the river [D] man
[Bb]
[Fm] Gonna tell him all I [Eb] can
About [Cm] the plans
[G] On feeling free
[Gm] If he [D] tells me all he knows
[Bb] [Fm] About the way his river [Eb] flows
I don't suppose
[D] It for [G] [A] me
[Eb] Oh, how they come [G] and go
[Eb]
Oh, how they [G] come and
[Eb] go
Oh, how they
[D] [D] [Eb] [Gm]
[N]
Key:
G
Eb
D
Bb
Gm
G
Eb
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
But he came by on her way, [Bb] _ _
said [F] she had a word to [Eb] say
_ About things today [G] Only _ _ _ _
_ Said _ [G] she hadn't heard the news
[Bb] _ _ _ Hadn't had the time to [Eb] choose
A way to [G] lose _
She believed
_ _ _ [Gm] _
Gonna [Dm] see the river man
_ [Bb] _ _ [D]
Gonna tell [Bb] him all I [Fm] can
[Eb] _ About the plans
[G] _ [A] For a while at a [G]
time
_ _ [D] _ [D] If he tells me all he knows
[Bb] _ _ [D] About [Bb] the way his river [Fm]
flows
[Eb] _ And all night [C] shows
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Gm] _ _ Betty said [Dm] she prayed today
[Bb] _
[Fm] For [Bb] the sky to blow [Fm] _ [Eb] away
Or maybe stay
_ _ [A] She wasn't [G] sure
For _ [Gm] _ when she thought [D] of summer _ _ [Fm] rain
Calling for her mind [Eb] again
She lost the pain
[G] And _ stayed for more
[A] _
[Gm] _ _ Gonna see the river [D] man
[Bb] _
_ [Fm] Gonna tell him all I _ [Eb] can
_ About [Cm] the plans
[G] _ On feeling free
_ _ [Gm] _ If he [D] tells me all he knows
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] About the way his river _ [Eb] _ flows
I don't suppose
[D] It _ for [G] [A] me _
[Eb] Oh, _ how they come [G] and go
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Oh, _ how they [G] come and _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] go
Oh, how they
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
But he came by on her way, [Bb] _ _
said [F] she had a word to [Eb] say
_ About things today [G] Only _ _ _ _
_ Said _ [G] she hadn't heard the news
[Bb] _ _ _ Hadn't had the time to [Eb] choose
A way to [G] lose _
She believed
_ _ _ [Gm] _
Gonna [Dm] see the river man
_ [Bb] _ _ [D]
Gonna tell [Bb] him all I [Fm] can
[Eb] _ About the plans
[G] _ [A] For a while at a [G]
time
_ _ [D] _ [D] If he tells me all he knows
[Bb] _ _ [D] About [Bb] the way his river [Fm]
flows
[Eb] _ And all night [C] shows
[G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Gm] _ _ Betty said [Dm] she prayed today
[Bb] _
[Fm] For [Bb] the sky to blow [Fm] _ [Eb] away
Or maybe stay
_ _ [A] She wasn't [G] sure
For _ [Gm] _ when she thought [D] of summer _ _ [Fm] rain
Calling for her mind [Eb] again
She lost the pain
[G] And _ stayed for more
[A] _
[Gm] _ _ Gonna see the river [D] man
[Bb] _
_ [Fm] Gonna tell him all I _ [Eb] can
_ About [Cm] the plans
[G] _ On feeling free
_ _ [Gm] _ If he [D] tells me all he knows
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] About the way his river _ [Eb] _ flows
I don't suppose
[D] It _ for [G] [A] me _
[Eb] Oh, _ how they come [G] and go
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Oh, _ how they [G] come and _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] go
Oh, how they
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _