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[Verse 1]
C          F                C   G
Sunny afternoon on the riverside,
Am               D                 Gsus4 G
Children playing games of seek-and-hide.
     G7                              C
They throw the colored ball and they hide away,
Bb      F                            G
But the devil stopped their harmless play.

[Verse 2]
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Little Tommy tried to catch the ball,
   Am                D                    Gsus4 G
He tumbeled into the water and he lost control,
    G7                          C
But MaryÆs little hand couldnÆt save the boy.
Bb               F                           G
Pain is when you loose a friend and then she cried:

[Chorus]
C
Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
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For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.

Tell me, little river, why donÆt you give him back?
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Send him this little flower, as long as I live he canÆt be dead.

[Verse 3]
C               F              C     G
Little children playing on the shore,
Am               D          Gsus4 G
they donÆt talk about it anymore.
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What had happened on that warm September day,
Bb               F               G
Sometimes in the wind you hear a prayer.

[Chorus]
C
Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
F                    C                     G          C
For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.

Tell me, little river, why donÆt you give him back?
F                    C                        G            C
Send him this little flower, as long as I live he canÆt be dead.

[Coda]
C
Tell me, little river, tell me when a love has gone.
F                    C                     G          C     F
For him IÆll wait forever, till the morning he will return.
C                     F C G C
Tell me, little river, ....