Intro:
Am...
Am... Am C G F
Am... Am C G F G,

F F G G

D D Am   G G Am Am
F C Am   G G Am Am
 
 

G G Am Am                G Am Am                   G G Am Am
           I walked down         that boulder road,
                            C            G            F F Am
Through a child's eye saw places where I used to go.
                        G Am Am                      G G Am Am
Where I crawled barefoot         with a fishing pole
                   C               G        F F G
to the rock that overlooked that steelhead hole
             F F G G              D        Am    G G Am Am
but it's true--     silver river turning blue.
 
 

G G Am Am                    G Am Am                   G G Am Am
          It was a small town        in a smaller world.
                       C                G            F F Am
Just a black dot on an old map with its edges curled.
                                  G Am Am                      G G Am Am
Where they built their industries        on the edge of town--
           C            G           F F G
Leaching chemicals from underground
             F F G G                   D        Am     G G Am Am
now it's true--     that silver river turning blue.
 
 

 G                F               C                   G    F F G
Just got a late reaction.  Face reality and stare it down.
                Bb     F                C          D     E
Sometimes it's harder hanging on.  Much easier to look around.

But I need that job.
 
 

G G Am Am

G G Am Am                         G Am Am                               G G
Am Am
         Well, this place no city:        we're just small players here.
                      C               G             F F Am
Like a million other heroes drinking poor man's beer.
                     G Am Am                         G G Am Am
We know what's right.        We're just living it wrong.
                    C               G          F F G
But there's no easy answer in the green man's song.
                F F G G                  D          Am
What do you do?         When your river's turning Blue.
 

Flute:
F#m C#m Bm F#m
F#m C#m Bm F#m
Em D C Am   G G Am Am
 
 

G G Am Am                G Am Am                   G G Am Am
           I walked down         that boulder road,
                            C            G            F F Am
Through a child's eye saw places where I used to go.
                        G Am Am                      G G Am Am
Where I crawled barefoot         with a fishing pole
                   C               G        F F G
to the rock that overlooked that steelhead hole
             F F G G              D        Am    G G Am Am
but it's true--     silver river turning blue.
 
 

 G                F               C                   G    F F G
Just got a late reaction.  Face reality and stare it down.
                Bb     F                C          D     E
Sometimes it's harder hanging on.  Much easier to look around.

But I need that job.
 

Intro repeat:
Am... Am C G F
Am... Am C G F G,

Flute solo:
D D Am
G G Am Am   G G Am Am   C   G   F F Am  : repeat and fade