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Time And The River

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Gene Pitney (born Gene Francis Alan Pitney in Hartford, Connecticut, USA on 17 February 1940 - died 5 April 2006 (Cardiff, Wales). After a successful singing career spanning five decades, at the age of 66, he was found dead of natural causes, while in the middle of a sellout UK tour.

Pitney, a pop rock pioneer, had his greatest success overall in Britain, first travelling there after his first self penned hit in 1961. "I Wanna Love My Life Away" hit #26 on the UK singles chart & just broke into the top 40 in the US.

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Time And The River:Gene Pitney:
Album - Gene Pitney Sings Just For You -
on MUSICOR Records in 1963.
(Beautiful song which should have charted.)

INTRO: Db

#1.
Db Ab Gb F Fm
Time and the river will bring my love to me.
Gb Db B
If I must, I'll wait forever, by the river
Db
that took her to the sea.

#2.
Db Ab Gb Fm
Here by the river we loved, we laughed, we cried.
Gb Db B
But with time, my love, my darling left my arms
Ab Db
and was gone with the tide.

BRIDGE:
Bbm Fm Gb Db
How long I've been lonely, star of love shining bright?
Bbm Gb Eb Ab
I need her, oh, lead her, to my arms tonight.

#3.
Db Ab Gb Fm
Time and the river, how swiftly they go by.
Gb Db Ebm
But my heart will beat for no other till time stands
Ab Db....A
still and the river runs dry.

OUTRO:
D Dbm A G Gb Gbm
Time and the riv..er, how swiftly they go by.
G D Em7
But my heart will beat for no other, till time stands
A D A G D
still and the river runs dry..dryyyyy..yyyyy..yyyyyy.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.