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Watching The River Flow

Bob Dylan
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
   TURNAROUND 1
 What's  the matter with me? I don't  have much to say
 Daylight's  sneaking' through the window
 And  I'm still in this all night cafe
 Walking  to and fro beneath the moon
 Out  to where the trucks are rolling slow
 
   TURNAROUND 2
 Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
 Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol' bank of sand
 With the sun beatin' down over the chimney tops
 And the one I love so close at hand
 If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go
 But right now I just sit here so contentedly
 And watch the river flow TURNAROUND 3
 BRIDGE 1:
 People  disagreein' on just about everything, yep
 Makes  you stop and wonder why
 Why  only yesterday I saw someone on  the street
 Who  just couldn't help but cry
 Wo,  but this old river keeps on rollin' though
 No  matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
 And  as long as it does I  just sit here
  A TURNAROUND 1 (1ST TIME, 2ND TIME TO OUTRO)
 And watch the river flow
 OVER VERSE CHORDS, END WITH TURNAROUND 3)
 BRIDGE 2:
 People disagreein' everywhere you look
 Makes you want to stop and read a book
 Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
 That was a-really shook ...CHORUS
 Watch  the river  flow, watching  the river flow
 Watching  the  river flow
 Well,  I just sit out on this  bank of sand
  A TURNAROUND 1, BUT END ON A7
 And watch the river flow
 CHORDS: TURNAROUND 1:
 E  -5--10--0--7---2---5---  ---5---5---5--------7--
 B -5--10--0--7---2---8--- --5---5---5------5--5--
 G-5--10--0--7---1---5--- -8---7---6------5-5-6--
 E -5--10--0--7---2---5--- -------------5-5----7--
 B -5--10--0--7-------5--- -----------------------
 E -5--10--0--7---2---5--- -----------------------
 TURNAROUND 2
A
E -----5-----5-----5----5
-5-3p0------------------------------------------
B ---5-----5-----5--------------------0-3-5------------------------------------
G -8-----7-----6---------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------5----------------------0-0--------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------3-3-0-0------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------4-4--0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-
TURNAROUND 3
E
E -----5-----5-----5-----------------------
B ---5-----5-----5-------------------------
G -8-----7-----6---------------------------
E ------------------5-----5-----4-----2----
B ----------------------5-----4-----2------
E --------------------5-----4-----2------0-

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Readable chord sheet for Watching The River Flow by Bob Dylan

[A]   [E]
 [A]  TURNAROUND 1

W[A]hat's the matter with me? I d[D]on't have much to say

D[A]aylight's sneaking' through the w[B]indow

A[E]nd I'm still in this all night cafe

W[A]alking to and fro beneath the moon

O[D]ut to where the trucks are rolling slow

 [A]                    [E]
 [A]        TURNAROUND 2
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow

Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol' bank of sand
With the sun beatin' down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings and I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow   TURNAROUND 3

BRIDGE 

P[E]eople disagreein' on just about everything, yep

M[A]akes you stop and wonder why

W[F#m]hy only yesterday I saw someone [B]on the street

W[E]ho just couldn't help but cry

W[A]o, but this old river keeps on rollin' though

N[D]o matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow

A[A]nd as long as it does I[E] just sit here
               A          TURNAROUND 1 (1ST TIME, 2ND TIME TO OUTRO)
And watch the river flow

OVER VERSE CHORDS, END WITH TURNAROUND 3)

BRIDGE 
People disagreein' everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was a-really shook ...CHORUS

W[D]atch the rive[A]r flow, w[D]atching the river [A]flow     [D]

W[A]atching t[D]he river flow

W[A]ell, I just sit out on th[E]is bank of sand
                     A   TURNAROUND 1, BUT END ON A7
And watch the river flow

CHORDS:                      TURNAROUND 1:

E[A]  -5[D]--10-[E]-0--[B]7---[F#m]2---5-[A7]--   ---5[A]---5---5--------7-- [E7]
B  -5--10--0--7---2---8---   --5---5---5------5--5--
G
E  -5--10--0--7---2---5---   -------------5-5----7--
B  -5--10--0--7-------5---   -----------------------
E  -5--10--0--7---2---5---   -----------------------

TURNAROUND 2

 [A]                                       [E]                                   [A]
E  -----5-----5-----5----5
 -5-3p0------------------------------------------
B  ---5-----5-----5--------------------0-3-5------------------------------------
G
E  -------------------5----------------------0-0--------------------------------
B  ----------------------------------------------3-3-0-0------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------4-4--0-0-2-2-3-3-4-4-5-

TURNAROUND 3
    [A]                                     [E]
E  -----5-----5-----5-----------------------
B  ---5-----5-----5-------------------------
G
E  ------------------5-----5-----4-----2----
B  ----------------------5-----4-----2------
E  --------------------5-----4-----2------0-

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