From: Harlan L Thompson
WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW- Bob Dylan
E A
What's the matter with me? I don't have much to say
E F#
Daylight's sneaking' through the window
B
And I'm still in this all night cafe
E
Walking to and fro beneath the moon
A
Out to where the trucks are rolling slow
E B E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
Sit out on this bank of sand and watch the river flow
Wish I was back in the city instead of this ol' bank of sand
With the sun beatin' down over the chimney tops
And the one I love so close at hand
If I had wings then I could fly, I know where I would go
But right now I just sit here so contentedly
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #1:
B
People disagreein' on just about everything, yep
E
Makes you stop and wonder why
C#m F#
Why only yesterday I saw someone on the street
B
Who just couldn't help but cry
CHORUS:
E
Wo, but this old river keeps on rollin' though
A
No matter what gets in the way and which was the wind does blow
E B
And as long as it does I just sit here
E E/B E/Bb E/A E/F# B7
And watch the river flow
BRIDGE #2:
People disagreein' everywhere you look
Makes you want to stop and read a book
Why only yesterday I saw somebody on the street
That was a-really shook ...CHORUS
A E A E A
Watch the river flow, watching the river flow
E A
Watching the river flow
E B
Well, I just sit out on this bank of sand
E E/B E/Bb E/A E E7
And watch the river flow
E/B: x x x 4 0 0 E/Bb: x x x 3 0 0 E/A: x x x 2 0 0
E/F#: x x 4 2 0 0
NOTE: I may be weak on some of the blues turn arounds but I'm too lazy
To explain them in detail. Sorry...
(from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Volume II, 1971)