The River Where She Sleeps

CAPO: 5 Intro: G C G C G C D G C G D G C G C She's a walking talking breathing New Age wonder, old time heathens G C D G C D Don't know what to make of Mary Jane G C G C 'Cause she ain't trying to be no swami, she ain't mad at dad and mommy G C D She don't curse the storm clouds when it rains G D C D When the sun refuse to shine she don't mind, she make everything look fine G D C D She got moon in her eyes, crescent windows on the skies Em C Em A And the rain comes down in sheets on the people in the streets C D C D G And it carries all the secrets that they keep to the river where she sleeps Instrumental: G C G C G C D G C G D G C G C She comes to me when I'm dejected, leaves her soul out unprotected G C D G C D Tells me that the truth can make me free G C G C And she don't need what she ain't got, she reads me books by Alan Watts G C D Speaking words o' wisdom: "Let it be" G D C D When the sun refuse to shine she don't mind, she take thunder for a sign G D C D She got stars in her head, supernovas in her bed Em C Em A And it rains most every day, but I (like it fine that way C D C D G 'Cause the waters run so marvelous and deep in the river where she sleeps Instrumental: G C G C G C D G C G D (2x) G C G C Mary ain't inclined to drinking, still she stumbles without thinking G C D G C D Anywhere she gets the urge to stray G C G C And everybody knows about her, they don't want to change or doubt her G C D They just grin when she comes out to play G D C D When the sun refuse to shine she don't mind, she be moving down the line G D C D She got bells on her toes, generations in her clothes Em C Em A And she sings without a sound as the evening rolls around C D C D G And she dances as the twilight shadows creep down the river where she sleeps Instrumental: G C G C G C D G C G D G C G C Professor come to burst my bubble, says that girl is bound for trouble G C D G C D Serves me solace in a paper cup G C G C But it looks a bit like agent orange and when he leaves he slams the door and G C D Just about that time she phones me up G D C D When the sun refuse to shine she don't mind, she just ain't the worrying kind G D C D She got dogs, she got cats, she keeps rabbits in her hats Em C Em A And the people that she sees, they're all buddhas or police C D C D G And the banks rise high and perilous and steep by the river where she sleeps Instrumental: G C G C G C D G C G D (2x) G C G C Now one dismayed December dawn. I wake to find my Mary's gone G C D G C D And no one knows when she'll come back again G C G C And all the silent temple bells from Styx to Glenn to Hazel Dell G C D Are mourning all the nights that might have been G D C D When the sun refuse to shine she don't mind, she just leave this world behind G D C D She got wheels in her smile, she can coast along for miles Em C Em A Me, I'm walking all alone, feeling soulful to the bone C D C D G 'Til I stop and I hang my head and weep by the river where she sleeps OUTRO: G C G C G C D G C G D G