Capo 3rd fret
Standard (EADGBE)
1st Verse
As he stared past the fire
His hunger to leave well it gnawed his poor heart alive
Her skin smelled like black cherry
blosson perfume
The sail boat sail sailed by
in the river she cried
2nd Verse
And the wind was suddenly sweeter than Roosevelt pine
The windows broke out and the cigarette smoke drifted by
There's bums on the bowery and they were swallowed in the lights
as cars rolled on by in the night
screaming run for your life
Chorus
With cool and silvery eyes
in a heart that was fit for desires
Drown in a river of tears oh
the river she cried left
her with her heart made of ashes and fire
3rd Verse
one day there was a silence that washed through the town
there was no reason to speak and noone made a sound
Her eyes were indigo (in the cold?)
the cats were all calico
the sail boats they all sailed by
in the river she cried