Riley Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
Raleigh,
oh Raleigh, [C]lend [Am]me your hand
Walk with me softly to the promised land
Well, I love you, Riley,
but you gotta understand
It's so damn painful to love a
dishonest [C]man[Am][C][Am]
[C][Am]
[C]I r[Am]ide all morning and I ride all day
[C]Just [Am]to catch you Riley
in your other woman's
And I climb the porch steps,
knock three times and back away
[C]When [Am]the one who answers
stares deep into my [C]face[Am]
[C][Am][C][Am][C][Am][C]
[Am]Her hair is auburn,
skin gold from the sun
[C]She [Am]stands in the doorway
and she calls her name to come
[C]An [Am]d I wait like the
reaper in my cloak of
She whispers, begging,
please don't make him go back
This is the [Em]end[Am][C][Am]
Right, oh [C]right[Am]
What can make love stay?
You can't look at me
But you can't turn away,
no you [C]can't[Am][C][Am][C][Am]
[C][Am][C][Am][C][Am]
Raleigh, oh Raleigh,
on my journey home
[C]I c[Am]ried a river
and soaked you to the [C]bone
[Am]Raleigh, oh Rale[C]igh,
[Am]my tears flood the town
[C]You [Am]and I and your girl,
all together we didn't drown
[C][Am][C][Am]
Raleigh, oh, Raleigh, lend me your hand
Walk with me softly through
the promised land
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