Biography:
Jerry Riopelle (5 May 1941 – 24 December 2018) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer born in Detroit, and raised in Tampa, Florida. He mixed rock, country and jazz with R&B and was an inductee into the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame.
Riopelle began his music career in the 1960s in Los Angeles working as an independent record producer. He played drums for the The Hollywood Argyles and later signed with Screen Gems as a staff songwriter.
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Jerry Riopelle
River On The Run
As heard from the 2005 CD Anthology set The Works: 1970-2000
[G] [D]
One girl's a streetwalker, but her feet are so soft
[C] [G]
One girl's a trick rider when she wants to get off
[G] [D]
One girl is an actress with the sweetest technique
[C] [G]
One girl is a fugitive and she don't miss a beat
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go
[G] [D]
One guy is a joker, but he's cryin' all the time
[C] [G]
One guy's a rock and roller he's a real good friend of mine
[G] [D]
One guy is a cowboy and the man don't have a fear
[C] [G]
One guy is a magician you can't make him disappear
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go
[G] [D]
One life is a picture and it's posin' all the time
[C] [G]
One life is a fixture I'm so proud that it ain't mine
[G] [D]
One life is a question to the answers that you know
[C] [G]
One life is a river, let it ebb and let it flo
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go (Repeat chorus until fade)
Transcribed by Sean Lemnah
Check his music out at jerryriopelle.com
River On The Run
As heard from the 2005 CD Anthology set The Works: 1970-2000
[G] [D]
One girl's a streetwalker, but her feet are so soft
[C] [G]
One girl's a trick rider when she wants to get off
[G] [D]
One girl is an actress with the sweetest technique
[C] [G]
One girl is a fugitive and she don't miss a beat
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go
[G] [D]
One guy is a joker, but he's cryin' all the time
[C] [G]
One guy's a rock and roller he's a real good friend of mine
[G] [D]
One guy is a cowboy and the man don't have a fear
[C] [G]
One guy is a magician you can't make him disappear
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go
[G] [D]
One life is a picture and it's posin' all the time
[C] [G]
One life is a fixture I'm so proud that it ain't mine
[G] [D]
One life is a question to the answers that you know
[C] [G]
One life is a river, let it ebb and let it flo
[G] [D]
Hoo-wee Hoo-wee I'm comin' into my own
[C] [G]
Good golly, miss holly girl you didn't die alone
[G] [D]
Nothin' you can do or say that hasn't been done
[C] [G]
Nothin' lasts forever 'cept a river on the run
[C] [D]
Run river run
[C] [D]
Run just like a circle 'round the sun
[C] [D]
Roll ocean roll
[F] [G]
Roll me to the island I wanna go (Repeat chorus until fade)
Transcribed by Sean Lemnah
Check his music out at jerryriopelle.com
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