INTRO: G  D  Am  G  Am  C  Am  D  C  G  B7  Em  Am  F  D

      G          D         Am        G
On my way to the Telluride sawmill today
  Am            C                Am         D
I thought of an old friend who'd long gone away
C          G                  B7          Em
He took to travelling when he turned seventeen
    Am          F             D 
And I stayed at home with the family


  G            D             Am          G
A collector of dreams was my old friend
   Am               C            Am    D
He talked about the times yet to come
    C         G              B7        Em
But I took to working at the Telluride sawmill
         Am                 F             D 
And I've been there since I turned twenty-one


CHORUS:
    C           G                B7           Em   
The river keeps rolling past the south county line
    Am           C                 Am         D  
I'd love to roll with it, but I've run out of time
    C         G           B7          C   
The days roll by like the logs at the river
      Am           F          D    
And I know I ain't getting no younger


        G            D         Am       G
We were kids growing up in the Rockies
         Am             C            Am    D
When the mountains were young and so free
C         G             B7     Em
He was my friend and my equal
          Am           F          D 
Though in years he was younger by three


        G         D     Am       G
We grew up in the usual fashion
      Am         C          Am   D
Never wanting to grow up at all
    C         G          B7           Em
But I found a family and he found the rails
   Am          F               D 
He left on the train for Saint Paul


CHORUS:
    C           G                B7           Em   
The river keeps rolling past the south county line
    Am           C                 Am         D  
I'd love to roll with it, but I've run out of time
    C         G           B7          C   
The days roll by like the logs at the river
      Am          F           D    
And I don't often think of my old friend


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CHORUS 2:
    C                G          B7      Em   
Mr. Preacher can you give me an answer
        Am       C       Am   D  
Lord, I can't go on this way 
C           G         B7            C   
I'm getting old and I don't feel so good
       Am        F          D    
Have I just been wasting my time
     G          C G   B7  Em
Telluride, Telluride
       Am        F          D
Have I just been wasting my time