Intro: Em D Em (x2)

Into harbour we sailed on the incoming tide
Our fishing nets full of sardine
One town to the starboard, and one to the port
And a river runs between

On the quayside she stood with her basket in hand
Such beauty I’ve never since seen
And she on the west bank, and me on the east
And a river runs between

And as we haul away, I’m still in yesterday
Everything’s changed with the turn of the tide
I paid the ferryman, anchors aweigh again
My love for her I did never confide
Because a river runs between

Instrumental: (verse chords)

The bridge builders came with their concrete and stone
Resistance they hadn’t foreseen
One town has the money, the other the sun
And a river runs between

And as we haul away, I’m still in yesterday
Everything’s changed with the turn of the tide
I paid the ferryman, anchors aweigh again
My love for her I did never confide

And as we haul away, I’m still in yesterday
Everything’s changed with the turn of the tide
She’s way above me, my bride she will never be
A bridge doesn’t change things that happen to us
And a river runs between

So now there’s a path from the east to the west
And a pretty young maid of eighteen
But a lifetime of conflict, the two towns divide
And a river runs between
And a river runs between