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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">The Lonesome River</h1>
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  15
  16 <p>Written by Ralph and Carter Stanley<br />
  17 Sung by Bob Dylan and Ralph Stanley on Ralph Stanley &amp; Friends:
  18 <em>Clinch Mountain Country</em> (1998)<br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  21 <p>The intro is played on a mandolin, of course. Below is an
  22 approximative adaptation to the guitar (put a half barr&eacute; on the 2nd
  23 fret in the third bar, and slide the whole barre up from the 1st fret
  24 on the fourth beat - the 1-2 on the 2nd string).</p>
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  28 <pre class="tab">
  29   A             E                                        A
  30   .  ,  .  .    :  .  .  ,  .  .    :  .  .  ,  .  .
  31 --------------|-0-----------------|-0-----5-2----------|-----
  32 --------------|-0-trem.-----------|-0--------5-12------|-----
  33 --2222-----2--|-------------------|---------------2----|-2--- etc
  34 --2222--4-----|-------------------|----------------2-4-|-----
  35 --------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----
  36 --------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----
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  39 <pre class="verse">
  40             A
  41 I sit here alone on the banks of the river
  42                   D                        A
  43 The lonseome wind blows and the water runs high
  44                    D                            A
  45 I can hear a voice call [from] out there in the darkness
  46                 E                    A
  47 But I sit here alone too lonesome to cry
  48 </pre>
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  50 <pre class="refrain">
  51                    A
  52 Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
  53
  54 I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry
  55
  56 The woman I love she left me this morning
  57                E                   A
  58 With no-one to love or kiss me goodnight
  59 </pre>
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  61 <pre class="verse">
  62 We met there one night on the banks of the river
  63 sat there holdin' hands and makin' a vow
  64 That we never would part and be happy together
  65 But the new love she's found - she's gone with him now.
  66 </pre>
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  68 <pre class="refrain">
  69 Oh the water rolls high on the river at midnight
  70 I sit on the shore too grievin' to cry
  71 The woman I love she left me this morning
  72 With no-one to love or kiss me goodnight
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