| Em | D | B | |
| Take me back to my boat on the river, I | need to go down, I | need to come down |
| Em | D | B | Em | |
| Take me back to my boat on the river and | I won't cry | out any | more |
| Em | D | B | |
| Time stands still as I gaze in her water, she | eases me down, | touching me gently with the |
| Em | D | B | Em | |
| Waters that flow past my boat on the river, so | I don't cry | out any | more |
| D | B | Em | A | |
| Oh the | river is wise, the | river it touches my | life like the waves on the | sand |
| Am | Em | D | B | |
| And | all roads lead to tran | quility base where the | frown on my face disap | pears |
| Em | D | B | Em | |
| Take me back to my boat on the river and | I won't cry | out any | more |
| D | B | Em | A | |
| Oh the | river is deep, the | river it touches my | life like the waves on the | sand |
| Am | Em | D | B | |
| And | all roads lead to tran | quility base where the | frown on my face disap | pears |
| Em | D | B | |
| Take me back to my boat on the river, I | need to go down, won't you | let me come down |
| Em | D | B | Em | |
| Take me back to my boat on the river and | I won't cry | out any | more |