Bea's Song (Priver Song Trilogy, Pt. 2) chords by Cowboy Junkies

SimplifiedC · Am · F · G

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Speed  (C major) River at my feet
running low and flat
Am 
I'm  (A minor) sit  ting here burning daylight,
Thinking about the past
F 
And that  (F major) distance out there
C 
Where the earth meets the sky  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) The slightest move and this river mud
F 
Pulls me further  (F major) down
G 
 (G major) John's at my side,
F 
C 
but  (F major) he's sitting on firmer  (C major) ground

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Verse 2
C 
 (C major) John says I look at the
moon and the stars
Am 
 (A minor) These days more often
than I look into his eyes
F 
And I can (F major) 't disagree
C 
so I don't say nothing  (C major) 
G 
F 
I just stare  (G major) on past his face at Venus  (F major) rising,
G 
F 
Like a shining  (G major) speck of hope  (F major) 
C 
hanging over the ho (C major) rizon

Verse 3
C 
With  (C major) each passing year that I sit here
Am 
That ho (A minor) rizon seems to inch
just that much nearer
F 
And  (F major) all that appears on it
C 
seems as clear as spit  (C major) 
G 
But if there's  (G major) on thing in my life
F 
That these years have taught  (F major) 
G 
F 
It's that you can  (G major) always see it com (F major) ing
C 
But you can never stop  (C major) it

Interlude 1

Verse 4
C 
Speed  (C major) River at my feet
running low and flat
Am 
I'm  (A minor) sit  ting here burning daylight,
Thinking about the past
F 
And that  (F major) distance out there
C 
Where the earth meets the sky  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) The slightest move and this river mud
F 
Pulls me further  (F major) down
G 
 (G major) John's at my side,
F 
C 
But he's not  (F major) noticing that I'm  (C major) drowning
G 
 (G major) The slightest move and this river mud
F 
Pulls me  (F major) further down
G 
John's  (G major) at my side,
F 
C 
But he's not  (F major) noticing that I'm  (C major) drowning