Time signature: 5/4, count pattern 123 12, 100 bpm
Verse Chords: | Cm// // | /// // | Eb9// // | /// // | AbMaj7// // | /// // | C// // | /// // |
Chorus Chords: | AbMaj7// // | /// // | /// // | C// // | /// //|
Intro
[C] [C] [C] [C]
Verse 1
[Cm]
Betty came by on her way
[Eb9]
Said she had a word to say
[AbMaj7]
About things today
[C]
And fallen leaves
Verse 2
[Cm]
Said she hadn't heard the news
[Eb9]
Hadn't had the time to choose
[AbMaj7]
A way to lose
[C]
But she believes
Chorus
[Cm]
Gonna see the river man
[Eb9]
Gonna tell him all I can
[AbMaj7]
About the plan
[C]
For lilac time
Verse 3
[Cm]
If he tells me all he knows
[E9]
About the way his river flows
[AbMaj7]
And all night shows
[Cadd9#4]
In summertime
[Cadd9#4]
Instrumental
| AbMaj7// // | /// // | /// // | C// // | /// // |
| AbMaj7// // | /// // | /// // | C// // | /// // |
| [C] // // | /// // |
Verse 4
[Cm]
Betty said she prayed today
[Eb9]
For the sky to blow away
[AbMaj7]
Or maybe stay
[C]
She wasn't sure
Verse 5
[Cm]
For when she thought of summer rain
[Eb9]
Callin' for her mind again
[AbMaj7]
She lost the pain
[C]
And stayed for more
Chorus
[Cm]
Gonna see the river man
[Eb9]
Gonna tell him all I can
[AbMaj7]
About the plan
[C]
On feelin' free
Verse 5
[Cm]
If he tells me all he knows
[Eb9]
About the way his river flows
[AbMaj7]
I don't suppose
[Cadd9#4] [Cadd9#4] [Cadd9#4] [Cadd9#4]
It's meant for me
Outro
[Cadd9#4] [Cadd9#4] [C] [C]
Oh,how they come and go?
[Cm] [Cm] [Cadd9#4]
Oh, how they come and go?
[Cadd9#4]
