Where The Cottonwood Grows

INTRO:

                 C  G Am     C   
E|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------0-2-3-| 
A|---0-2-3-------| 
E|-3-------------| 


VERSE:
       C                    G     
I can close my eyes and it takes 
   Am
me back
    C                      
To two young lovers on that 
         F
riverbank
        C                        
To the sounds of the wind and the 
  G        Am
whip-poor-will
         C                     
And the way that your bare skin 
        F
would feel

       C                       G  
As we laid in the sun I could see 
      Am
your eyes
 C                               
Blue as the blue in that Southern 
  F
sky
 C                G        Am
Kisses warm as a wild red rose
        C                          
At the bend in the river where the 
 G          C
cottonwood grows


CHORUS:
          F   G C
And we'd dance
          F   G C
And we'd sing
          F                      G
And we'd love each other as the 
         Am
pale moon glows

        C                          
At the bend in the rivеr where the 
 G          Am
cottonwood grows
        C                          
At thе bend in the river where the 
 G          C
cottonwood grows


INSTRUMENTAL:

                 C  G Am  Am    
E|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|---------------| 
D|---------0-2-3-| 
A|---0-2-3-------| 
E|-3-------------| 


VERSE:
      C                 G        
I can still recall the words you 
Am
said
         C                    
And the plans we dreamed as we 
  G        F
looked ahead
         C                       
But the fork in the river took us 
  G        Am
separate ways
        C                          
As the years went by, I can't 
         F
forget those days

       C                     G  
And I often wonder but I'll never 
   Am
know
       C                           
If we ended up followin' a 
   F
different road
          C                      G
Would we still be layin' by the 
        Am
wild red rose?
        C                          
At the bend in the river where the 
 G          C
cottonwood grows


CHORUS:
          F   G C
And we'd dance
          F   G C
And we'd sing
          F                      G
And we'd love each other as the 
         Am
pale moon glows

        C                          
At the bend in the rivеr where the 
 G          Am
cottonwood grows
        C                          
At thе bend in the river where the 
 G          C   C  C  C
cottonwood grows


OUTRO:
       C                    G     
I can close my eyes and it takes 
   Am
me back
    C               G     
To two young lovers on that 
        F
riverbank