Intro
River, river, carry me on
DO
Living river, carry me on
DO
River, river, carry me on
FA/DO DO
To the place where I come from
SIb/DO DO
Verse:
So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
DO FA/RE DO/MI FA DO
If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside
DO SOL/SI LAm FA DO
River, show me how to float, I feel like I'm sinking down
DO FA/RE SOL/SI DO FA DO
Thought that I could get along
LAm/DO DO MIm/SI SOL/SI FA DO
Chorus
But here in this water, my feet won't touch the ground
DO LAm/FA RE/FA# FAmaj7/SOL REm/SOL DO
I need something to turn myself around
DO LAm/FA RE/FA# FAmaj7/SOL REm/SOL DO
[verse]
Going away, away toward the sea
River deep, can you lift up and carry me
Oh roll on through the heartland
'Til the sun has left the sky
River, river, carry me high
chorus
'Til the washing of the water, make it all alright
Let your waters reach me, like she reached me tonight
Bridge:
Letting go, it's so hard, the way it's hurting now
LAm DO/SOL FAmaj7
To get this love untied
RE/FA# MI/SOL# LAm
So tough to stay with this thing, cos if I follow through
DO/SOL FAmaj7
I face what I denied
RE/FA# MI/SOL# LAm
I'll get those hooks out of me
DO/SOL
And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
FAmaj7 RE/FA# MI/SOL# LAm
Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide
DO/SOL FAmaj7 DO
chorus
River, oh river, river running deep
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep
In the washing of the water will you take it all away
Bring me something to take this pain away
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