| F | |
| I was born by the river in a little tent |
| Gm | Dm | |
| and just like this river | I'll be running ever since |
| F | Gm | A# | Am | |
| Rit: | it's been a long, | long time | coming but I | know |
| Dm | F | |
| change it's gonna come oooh | yes it is |
| F | |
| It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die |
| Gm | Dm | |
| I don't know what's out there, | there are only clouds |
| Rit: it's been a ... |
| Gm | F | |
| There was a time I will g | o to my brother |
| Gm | Dm | |
| I say you brother (I say you brother) he | lp me please |
| Gm | F | |
| he turned me down and then I g | o to my mother (oh my mother) |
| A# | C | |
| I say you mother I'm down on | my knee |
| F | |
| There was a time when I thought |
| Gm | Dm | |
| I would last too long | somehow I was able | to carry on |
| Rit: it's been a ... (three times) |