Intro GEBEB7 EBCGG6 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 GGCB G G6 Moody River, your muddy water took my baby's life Instrumental Break EBEB7 EBCGG6 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 GGCB G Moody River, your muddy water took my baby's life outro B7 G G/GCB G G6 Moody River, your muddy waters took my baby's life