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Version 1
[Intro]
C
River, river, carry me on
C
Living river, carry me on
F/C C
River, river, carry me on
Bb/C C
To the place where I come from
[Verse 1]
C F/D C/E F C
So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
C G/B Am F C
If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside
C F/D G/B C F C
River, show me how to float, I feel like I'm sinking down
Am/C C Em/B G/B F C
Thought that I could get along
[Chorus]
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
But here in this water, my feet won't touch the ground
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
I need something to turn myself around
[Verse 2]
C F/D C/E F C
Go - ing away, away toward the sea
C G/B Am F C
Ri - ver deep, can you lift up and carry me
C F/D G/B C
Oh roll on through the heartland
F C
'Til the sun has left the sky
Am/C C Em/B G/B F C
Ri - ver, ri - ver, carry me high
[Chorus]
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
'Til the washing of the water, make it all alright
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
Let your waters reach me, like she reached me tonight
[Bridge]
Am C/G Fmaj7
Letting go, it's so hard, the way it's hurting now
D/F# E/G# Am
To get this love untied
C/G Fmaj7
So tough to stay with this thing, cos if I follow through
D/F# E/G# Am
I face what I denied
C/G
I'll get those hooks out of me
Fmaj7 D/F# E/G# Am
And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
C/G Fmaj7 C
Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide
[Chorus]
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
Ri - ver, oh river, river running deep
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7 Dm/G C
In the washing of the water will you take it all away
C Am/F D/F# Fmaj7/G Dm/G C
Bring me something to take this pain away