Chords for Ron Hynes - River of No Return

_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Water rising in rain full force, [C] riverboat on a reckless course.
All [Am] the gamblers going for broke, in the [A] steam and the sweat and the smoke.
But [C] what have they all gone to lose?
[Em] Only these gamblers blues, only these [D] gamblers who never learn.
Down the river of no return. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Russia went like [G] a runaway train, a subway scream and [C] a wild train.
A lonely child on [Am] the city street, a weary face at a [D] window seat.
[D] Husband waiting [C] out there for so long, waiting for [Em] love to come home.
But love's not a [D] going concern, down the river of [C] no return.
Never [Em] wonder whose hand is on the [Bm] wheel, never wonder who negotiates these [C] deals.
Never ask [Am] yourself why, never ask yourself.
[D] I had a friend who [G] had all he desired, had a job, a [C] Canadian tire.
A love that [Am] was pure from the start, except for [A] that restless heart.
[D] Those restless [C] hearts always return, how they [Em] get swept away, swept away.
To a place where [D] love's fire won't burn, down the river [C] of no return.
_ _ _ [G] _ Yeah, yeah, never [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ negotiate [C] these deals.
Never ask [Am] yourself why, never ask [D] yourself.
_ Water rising, [G] rain falling force, riverboat on a reckless course.
All the [Am] gamblers going for broke, in the steam [E] and sweat and the smoke.
But one [C] day all got to lose, only [Em] these gamblers blues.
Only these [D] gamblers who never learn, never learn.
Down the [C] river of no return. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ I saw [C] one night a great deal start burning, burning, [G] burning, burning, burning.
Down the river of no return. _ _
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