C
F  C  G  C


[Verse 1]
          C
There's a natural wonder between us
       F
But it doesn't seem natural to me
     C
That you can walk away from the love we made
G7
Here in Tennessee


[Verse 2]
C
Leave everything that we worked for
   F
To start another life
  C
I saw you drive across the Memphis bridge
      G7               C
But I don't believe my eyes

[Chorus]
          F                        C
I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
            G7                                    C  C7
I can see a big river barge headin' down to New Orleans
              F
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
        C         G     Am
And the sun going down again
             F               G7
Oh I can see Arkansas, but I still don't see
        F       G7         C
Why the love we had should end


[Interlude]
F  C  G  C


[Verse 3]
      C
If it proved how much I love you
    F
I'd swim this ol' river tonight
    C
I'd bet my soul against the undertow
        G7
For the chance to hold you tight


[Verse 4]
            C
But there's more than a river between us
    F
And I can't swim that far
   C
As hard as I try I just can't drown
    G7                    C
The memories of where you are


[Chorus]
              F                        C
Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
            G7                                    C  C7
I can see a big river barge headin' down to New Orleans
              F
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
        C         G     C
And the sun going down again
              F               G7
Oh, I can see Arkansas, but I still don't see
        F       G7         C
Why the love we had should end


[Chorus]
               F                        C
Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
            G7                                    C  C7
I can see a big river barge headin' down to New Orleans
              F
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
        C         G     C
And the sun going down again
              F               G7
Oh, I can see Arkansas, but I still don't see
        F       G7         C
Why the love we had should end


[Chorus]
            F                        C
Oh, I can see Arkansas across the Mississippi
            G7                                    C  C7
I can see a big river barge headin' down to New Orleans
              F
I can see the cotton fields on the other side
        C         G     C
And the sun going down again
              F               G7
Oh, I can see Arkansas, but I still don't see
        F       G7         C
Why the love we had should end