Misery River

Doyle Lawson

Written by Glenn Worf

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 1

F         C      F                 C
Oh Misery River  won't you take me along
F         C   Am F             G7           C
Oh Misery Riv-er carry me back home where I belong

Verse 2

G7                        C
Well I was a fool to have let that girl
F                      G7
Lead me so far from my home
                             C
She stole all the love in my heart
    D7                  G7
And all she left me was alone

Verse 3

          F                       C
So Misery River I’ve come back to you
     F                      C
It’s strange you’re my only friend
F                                  C
Tonight you’ll be drifting down to Dixie
   F              G7        C
So please take me back home again

Verse 4

F         C        F                 C
Oh Misery River  I won't you take me along
F         C   Am F             G7           C
Oh Misery Riv-er carry me back home where I belong

Verse 5

    G7                        C
You left me in a land full of strangers
F                           G7
Who don’t care if I live or die
                        C
And even the man in the moon don’t smile
   D7                          G7
As he did in that old southern sky

Verse 6

          F                   C
So Misery River have a little mercy
   F                         C
My heart has been broken and torn
       F                      C
Let me wash my wounds in your water
F                   G7               C
Take me back to the land where I was born

Verse 7

F         C      F                     C
Oh Misery River  why don't you take me along
F         C   Am F             G7           C
Oh Misery Riv-er carry me back home where I belong

Verse 8

F         C      F                     C
Oh Misery River  why don't you take me along
F         C   Am F             G7           Am
Oh Misery Riv-er carry me back home where I belong

Verse 9

F             G7           C
Carry me back home where I belong