Keeper of the Mountain Lyrics

(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)
(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)
I remember you? a-telling me?
Don't clutch a rose?, don't mourn the sunset?.
And I suppose if I hear? the river moaning?
It's just the way I'm feeling,?
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no?
And the very next day
we woke before the dawn?.
We found our way?
By the rambling river?.
And we had no dream?
We just lived one?
I the keeper of the mountain?
you the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh?
There was no reason to go?
And I never claimed to know?
And these (and these)?
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
Just a moaning (just a moaning)?
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?
When I spoke big words,?
you just let them fly away,?
blue paper birds? on a summer's day?.
And I took you by the hand,?
Knew that you would understand,?
I the keeper of the mountain,?
You the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.?
There was no reason to go?
And I never claimed to know?
And these (and these)?
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
Just a moaning (it's a moaning)?
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?