Am G Dm He is down by the riverside Am C Late one night G Dm He´s tryin´ to count the stars E/B Am In each of the signs G Dm All alone by the riverside Am C And time passes by G Dm Gathering thoughts of the past E/B E7/B And maybe he´ll cry So they say he´s a madman And he don´t understand But I know that he´s tryin´ hard To act like a man All those years he has suffered, my friends All those years of pain But I don´t think he knows for sure If those years were in vain C G He´s a dreamer Dm Am But he´s fightin´ for his life C G F He´s tryin´ to understand C G He´s a dreamer Dm Am But he wants to carry on C G F E/B Yet I know he´s a lonely man Am G He is down by the riverside Late one night He´s tryin´ to count the stars In each of the signs All alone by the riverside And time passes by Gathering thoughts of the past And maybe he´ll cry He´s a dreamer But he´s fightin´ for his life He´s tryin´ to understand He´s a dreamer But he wants to carry on Yet I know he´s a lonely man