Moody River:Pat Boone.
#1 on BB Hot 100 on DOT Records
in 1961.
INTRO: Bb Gm7 Bb Gm7
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(Moody River.....Moody River..
CHORUS:
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Moody River, more deadly, than the vainest knife.
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Moody River, your muddy water, took my baby's life.
#1.
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Last Saturday evening, came to the old Oak tree.
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It stands beside the river, where you were to meet me.
#2.
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On the ground your glove I found, with a note
D7
addressed to me.
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It read, Dear love, I've done you wrong,
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now I must set you free.
#3.
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No longer can I live with this hurt and this sin,
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I just couldn't tell you, that guy was just a friend.
CHORUS:
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Moody River, more deadly, than the vainest knife.
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Moody River, your muddy water, took my baby's life.
#4.
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I looked into the muddy water, and what could I see?
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I saw a lonely, lonely face just looking back at me.
#5.
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Tears in his eyes, and a prayer on his lips,
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and the glove of his lost love, at his fingertips.
CHORUS:
Bb Gm7 Bb Gm7
Moody River, more deadly, than the vainest knife.
Bb Bb7 Eb Bb Gm7
Moody River, your muddy water, took my baby's life.
OUTRO: Bb Gm7 (x2) (Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.