[Intro]
E|(C)| (G) (Bm) (D) | (C) (G) (Bm) (D) | (C) (G) (Bm) (D) | (C) ---

[Verse]
     C
4 a. m. comes awful early, and I was dead on my feet
                 G
But if you gonna catch a biggest fish
          D
You gotta lose a little sleep
        C
Well, I pack my gear and a couple beers
  Em
I headed for my favorite spot
        G                                  F#dim
Well, I curse my luck when I saw his truck right where I pulled off
     Em                D                    C
Was hoping to have the river to myself that day

[Chorus]
                       G                     C
Cause the river don't talk, the river don't care
             G
Where you've been, what you've done
       D
Why it is you're standin' there
                 Em                    C
It just flows on by whisperin' to your soul
                  G      D   C          G     G Bm D C G Bm D
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows |

            C
The way the sun bounced off the water
I could hardly make him out
            G
But I could see he had a fish on
  D
A big ole rainbow trout
    C
The fight went on forever
And as he headed down my way, I saw his
G                        F#dim
military haircut and the new scars on his face
      Em               D                   C
Right then I knew what brought him to this place

[Chorus]
                         G                     C
You know the river don't talk, the river don't care
             G
Where you've been, what you've done
                  D
Don't know why it is you're standin' there
                 Em                    C
It just flows on by whisperin' to your soul
                  G      D   C          G
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows

             F
He held that fish down in the water
       Em
And he coaxed it back to life
        G
He said I'll help you get your wind back
       F#dim
Cause you helped me get mine
        Em               D                C
And all I could think to say was welcome home
      Em               D            C
But I think that river said it best on its own

                       G                              C
Cause the river don't talk, you know the river don't care
             G
Where you've been, what you've done
       D
Why it is you're standin' there
                 Em                    C
It just flows on by whisperin' to your soul
                  G      D   C          G
It's gonna be al- right, the river just knows
                       D   C
It's gonna be alright, the river just knows