G                         C
As I went out walking, on a fine summer day
                      D
Through hills and the valleys
               G     D
I soon lost my way
                  G                           C
Till I came to an old man, kneeling down by a stream
                 D                            G
Gazing in to the water, like he was lost in a dream
                  C                        G
In his hand was a picture, he clung to for life
                         A                         D
And his eyes filled with tears, as he tried not to cry
                    C  G                   Em
As he looked to the heavens, he started to pray
                     C    D                      G
In the quiet country side,  I could hear the man say

[Chorus]
          G                       C
Life is a river, I'll go with the flow
                  D                      G   D
And where it will take me, the Lord only kno-ows
               G                             C
but I miss you sweetheart, your kindness and love
               G                D                   G
But I know one day, we'll sail away on God's ocean above

[Verse 2]
            G                               C
He said now young man, you're a stranger to me
                   D                     G   D
Could I bother you kindly, for your company
           G                         C
Today I am thinking, of a time long ago
                   D                        G
And I need to tell someone of a girl I love so
        C                               G
It's 42 years today, since Rose took my hand
              A                            D
and proudly I lived life, her husband, her man
               C    G                  Em
till only last week son, God took her away
                C      D                     G
As I kissed her softly,  these words she did say

[Chorus]
          G                       C
Life is a river, I'll go with the flow
                  D                      G   D
And where it will take me, the Lord only kno-ows
               G                             C
but I miss you sweetheart, your kindness and love
               G                D                   G
But I know one day, we'll sail away on God's ocean above

[Outro]
                  C                     G
And with that the old man, sent me on my way
                 A                      D
and said 'by the water I'll kneel for the day'
               C G                          Em
'I look at the river, starting out on it's life,
                  C        D              G
It's where I feel close to,  my beautiful wife