Moody River Chords & Tabs

by Doc Watson

[Content]
From the album "Third generation blues"
Chords    EADGBe
G6   320030


[Intro]
G6  Em    B7   Em    B7
Em      B7     C    G   G6

[Verse 1]
Em            B7         Em                 B7  
Last Saturday evening I came to the old oak tree
Em                   B7          C                G G6
It stands beside the river where you were to meet me
Em                 B7                   Em                B7
On the ground your glove I found with a note addressed to me
       Em                    B7                  C              G    G6
And it read "Dear Love, I've done you wrong, now I must set you free"

[Chorus]
B7           Em          B7                Em  
Moody River, more deadly than the vainest knife
B7                G          G/A G/B  C              G   G6
Moody River, your muddy water         took my baby's life

[Instrumental Break]
Em    B7   Em    B7
Em      B7     C    G   G6

[Verse 2]
Em                 B7               Em         B7 
I looked into your muddy waters and what did I see
Em              B7              C               G G6
I saw a lonely, lonely man just looking back at me
Em                B7         Em            B7  
Tears were in his eyes and a prayer on his lips
    Em                B7                  C             G   G6
And with the glove of his lost love there at his finger tips

[Chorus]
B7           Em          B7               Em   
Moody River, more deadly than the vainest knife
B7                G          G/A G/B  C              G   
Moody River, your muddy water         took my baby's life

[outro]
B7                G          G/A G/B  C              G    G6
Moody River, your muddy waters         took my baby's life