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The River's Own
Chris Knight

The [D]lines on my [G]father's [D]face

Ran deep as creek beds [A]on our [D]place

And the river ran right [G]through his [D]soul

But I know at times it [A]tooks its [D]toll

When the [G]crops would flood we lived on fish

But [D]never did my [A]father [D]wish

To leave the land his [G]life flowed [D]from

The river and my [A]dad were [D]one


And [Bm]I'm one of the river's [G]own

It's [A]current down inside me is [Bm]strong[G]

And it's [D]up to me to [A]carry [Bm]on

'Cause [G]I'm [A]one of the river's [D]own


As a kid I watched the [G]river [D]flow

Yeah, I admired the way it [A]rocked and [D]rolled

Dad was proud I was a [G]river [D]rat

But that's where our common ground [A]ended [D]at

'Cause I [G] seen those city lights downstream

And they [D]drew me in when I was [A]seven[D]teen

I went everywhere that [G]river [D]runs

Yeah, me and that river [A]we were [D]one



And [Bm]I'm one of the river's [G]own

It's [A]current down inside me is [Bm]strong[G]

And it's [D]up to me to [A]carry [Bm]on

'Cause [G]I'm [A]one of the river's [D]own


Two years ago dad [G]passed [D]away

And I'll never forget that [A]mournful [D]day

Then a lawyer read me [G]out his [D]will

It said son, it's time for [A]you to be [D]still

Then a [G]week ago a government man

Tried to [D]pay me off to [A]flood our [D]land

And I did just what my [G]dad would've [D]done

'Cause me and that river [A]we are [D]one


And [Bm]I'm one of the river's [G]own

It's [A]current down inside me is [Bm]strong[G]

And it's [D]up to me to [A]carry [Bm]on

'Cause [G]I'm [A]one of the river's [D]own


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