By The Riverside

G G7 C G (2x) G Skipped out of work G7 Just to ease my thoughts C Went down to the riverside G Just to get lost G Got some fishing line G7 And a hicory limb C Sat there thinking G About hugging Jen G Took of my shoes G7 Got my ankles deep C As I was thinking G I drifted off to sleep G Dreamt I was rich G7 With gold and wine C Married to a woman G Beautiful and kind D G But I awoke with something on my mind C Well no work G for me's no wage D I let the devil G take the day C G Misadventure will be my bride A7 D G As I lay by the riverside G Sun had passed G7 The wind grew cold C Cup my face to G A pot that boils G Thought of all the things G7 In life one needs C Cracking a branch G Over on my knee A7 D7 G I feed the fire yes and it feeds me C Well no work G for me's no wage D I let the devil G take the day C G Misadventure will be my bride A7 D G As I lay by the riverside C G C G C G A7 D7 G G Skipped out of work G7 Just to ease my thoughts C Went down to the riverside G Just to get lost G My belly full G7 I thought of rest C Watch a pair of robins G gathering in the nest G I could rest the ground G7 by a cracklin' stream C Thought of my day G And my happy dream A7 D7 G Why can't an engine run without steam C Well no work G for me's no wage D I let the devil G take the day C G Misadventure will be my bride A7 D G As I lay by the riverside G G7 C G