Written by Ralph and Carter Stanley
Sung by Bob Dylan and Ralph Stanley on Ralph Stanley & Friends:
Clinch Mountain Country (1998)
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem
The intro is played on a mandolin, of course. Below is an approximative adaptation to the guitar (put a half barré on the 2nd fret in the third bar, and slide the whole barre up from the 1st fret on the fourth beat - the 1-2 on the 2nd string).
A E A . , . . : . . , . . : . . , . . --------------|-0-----------------|-0-----5-2----------|----- --------------|-0-trem.-----------|-0--------5-12------|----- --2222-----2--|-------------------|---------------2----|-2--- etc --2222--4-----|-------------------|----------------2-4-|----- --------------|-------------------|--------------------|----- --------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----
A
I sit here alone on the banks of the river
D A
The lonseome wind blows and the water runs high
D A
I can hear a voice call [from] out there in the darkness
E A
But I sit here alone too lonesome to cry
A
Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry
The woman I love she left me this morning
E A
With no-one to love or kiss me goodnight
We met there one night on the banks of the river sat there holdin' hands and makin' a vow That we never would part and be happy together But the new love she's found - she's gone with him now.
Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry The woman I love she left me this morning With no-one to love or kiss me goodnight