Intro: D G
Verse
C G D
River was running, trembling low
C G D
Just like your voice on the payphone
C G D
Words have been whispered but none were so sweet
C G D
As the promise you made to betroth
Verse
C G D
Down by the trusses and crossing of ties
C G D
Where the black water touches the land
C G D
Lights from the city and the light in your eye
Em D C
Would witness me taking your hand
G F C
But all the lights of Surry County never saw anything
G F C
Reflected across the river and fell upon me
Em D C
Light is fading to day, waited around
G D
On the Banks of the James
G
Verse
C G D
Long are the hours that pass in between
C G D
Dusk and the blanket of nightfall
C G D
Bright are the beams that shine through the branches
Em D C
Eager to see your arrival
G F C
But all the lights of Surry County never saw anything
G F C
Reflected across the river and fell upon me
Em D C
Light is fading to day, waited around
G D
On the Banks of the James
G
Solo
C G D
C G D
C G D
Em D C
Bridge
Am C
Currents run strong and they carry along
Em D
All debris that they pass on the way
Am C
Carry you down slowly turning to brown
Em D C
Like the man you came to betray
Em D G
But you never came back up that day
G F C
But all the lights of Surry County never saw anything
G F C
Reflected across the river and fell upon me
Em D C
Light is fading to day, waited around
G D
On the Banks of the James
Verse
G F C
Where the black water touches the land
G F C
You gave me your word you’d give me your hand
G F C
Why’d you go and betray your man?
G F C
Now you’ll never come back up again
G