Chords for River Boy

_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was born and raised [A] on the river.
_ [B] It's the only life that I [E] know.
_ People around
here have put [A] a name on me [B] and I hear it wherever [E] I go.
They call me River Boy.
[A] _ River Boy.
[B] _
The good-for [E]-nothing River Boy.
This whole world don't [A] hold a whole lot
of joy [B] when you're nothing but a River [E] Boy. _ _ _ _
_ I do a lot of fishing [A] on the river
to [B] make my living, [E] you see. _
_ When I take my catch [A] to the marketplace, [B] the people call
out to [E] me and they say, River Boy, [A] hey River Boy, _ [B] got any fish today [E] there, River Boy?
I sell my wares, [A] but nobody cares [B] about the feelings of a River [E] Boy.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] There's a pretty
girl works [B] at the marketplace.
[C#] I see her there every [F#] day.
_ But when I try [B] to talk to her,
[C#] I can hear her papa [F#] say, come away from that, River Boy.
[B] He's a River Boy.
[C#] _
Nothing but a
[F#] riff-raff, River Boy.
_ No girl of [B] mine's gonna waste her time.
[C#] Only good-for-nothing River
[F#] Boy. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So I head my boat back [B] up the river, _ _ [C#] back to my old [F#] fishing place.
_ I'm afraid this
old river's [B] gonna overflow [C#] from the tears running down [F#] my face.
I'm nothing but a River
Boy.
[B] _
River Boy.
[C#] _ Hey, good-for [F#]-nothing River Boy.
This whole world [B] don't hold a whole lot
of joy [C#] when you're nothing but a River [F#] Boy.
_ _ This whole world don't hold a [B] whole lot of
joy [F#] when [C#] you're nothing but a River [F#] Boy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _