The river of no Return Chords
The river of no Return by Marilyn Monroe is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, G, Em, D7, G7, C and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D Bm D Bm
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G Em D Bm D D7
If you listen, you can hear it call : wail-a-ree ! (wail-a-ree)
G Bm G7 C Cm G
There is a river called The River Of No Return;
Bm Em D
sometimes it's peaceful and sometimes wild and free!
G Bm G7 C Cm G
Love is a trav'ler on The River Of No Return,
Em G Bm Em C D G
swept on forever to be lost in the stormy sea.
G
(Wail-a-ree) I can hear the river call (no return, no return)
No return, no return (wail-a-ree).
Bm Em C D
I can hear my lover call, "Come to me." (no return, no return)
D7 G Bm G7 C Cm G
I lost my love on the river and forever my heart will yearn,
G Em Bm Em C D G
Gone, gone forever down The River Of No Return.
C G
Wail a ree (wail-a-ree-ee), wail-a-ree.
C D G
He'll never return to me! (no return, no return)