Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 Near a river bend where the stream runs clear D7sus4 D7 One winter morning of a day last year G G/B Cadd9 G I heard a secret that I now can say Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 Concerning Jamie, who's past away. (1 measure each chord above) Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 If you had known her then you'd agree D7sus4 D7 Her smilin' eyes could make a blind man see. G G/B Cadd9 G She left with innocence and she moved with style Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 A full-grown lover with a childhood smile. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 She moved out west where the air is clean D7sus4 D7 To study poetry at Evergreen. G G/B Cadd9 G I thought I'd see her in a year or two Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 Till we heard rumors that I feared were true. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 They never found where she went that night. D7sus4 D7 The man she lived with said they'd had a fight. G G/B Cadd9 G She left the cabin to walk alone. Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 He kept the light on but she never came home. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 She must have gone by the river side. D7sus4 D7 The searchers say that's where she must have died. G G/B Cadd9 G The winter water was cold with snow. Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 An icy boulder and down she'd go. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 Well I heard the news but I could not cry. D7sus4 D7 I should be shattered but my eyes were dry. G G/B Cadd9 G To feel no sorrow was my surprise. Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 The words came easy for those last goodbyes. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 Till I took a walk by the river bend, D7sus4 D7 Where once we lingered when she was my friend. G G/B Cadd9 G I tried to melt the river of tears inside. Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 Well the river flowed but, joy, I cried. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 She may be gone from this life we know. D7sus4 D7 She may have frozen in the ice and snow. G G/B Cadd9 G But there's a secret that my heart can't tell Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 Except to say that she's safe and well. Gadd9 G G/B C C C/B Am7 Near a river bed where the stream runs clear D7sus4 D7 One winter morning of a day last year G G/B Cadd9 G I heard a secret that I now can say Am7 D7sus4 D7 C G C/E Gadd9 D7 Concerning Jamie, who's past away.
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