As Rivers Run Saskatchewan

G Bm C D G Bm C D D A7 D G D Well I tried to run Saskatchewan to the rocks of the great divide G D And I put in time with a saw mill wind A7 D took a young girl for a bride D A7 D we raised our young Saskatchewan G D on the old black water road G where the trees were tall D and the wages small A7 D as we watched the young ones grow G Bm C D D go west young man A7 D go try your hand G D far across that BC line G D cause the times are tough there won’t be enough A7 D as the crops fail one more time D G D so the young men dream their restless dreams G D I know I’ve had a few G D As rivers run, Saskatchewan A7 D I’ll always dream of you G Oh Saskatchewan D Why do your children roam? A7 Why do they leave your side? D For some wasted shore G Oh Saskatchewan D Those Rockies see the call A7 But as rivers run Saskatchewan G A7 D I know we had it all G A7 D G A7 D D A7 D Now as rivers run Saskatchewan G D I had seen them when you were born G D I had heard you cry from a cradle high A7 D Paddle down to the valley floor D A7 D I’ve seen a whirlwind dance by the old bull fence G D The heat waves as they rise G D I’ve seen a wheat field bend beneath the prairie wind A7 D She sails on summer skies D A7 D Now the prairie dust was in his blood G D Her rain was in his soul G D A7 D And he looked at life through a poet’s eyes as he tried to change the world D G D G D And the young man dream their restless dreams of another port of call G D But as rivers run, Saskatchewan A7 D I know we had it all G Oh Saskatchewan D Why do your children roam? A7 Why do they leave your side? D For some wasted shore G Oh Saskatchewan D Those Rockies see the call A7 But as rivers run Saskatchewan G A7 D I know we had it all