Key: C major
Intro 1
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
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G#m
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F#
Verse 1
G#m
B
by the river
F#
E
where the dogs used to be.
G#m
B
F#
E
My life is a tribute to emergency.
B
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E
in this bed I've made my self,
G#m
B
F#
I realize the slowest death of all is loneliness.
E
G#m
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E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
The night brings a chill,
F#
E
a mournful hollow wind
G#m
B
But the screaming inside says,
F#
E
where have you been?
G#m
B
F#
E
My flat is a tribute to an 80's ideal
G#m
B
F#
E
But my heart and soul is a monument to you
G#m
F#
E
G#m
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
I live by the river,
E
B
G#m
B
But build a bridge across two
F#
B
shores and love will be redeemed
G#m
B
I live by the river where
F#
B
the dogs used to be
G#m
B
But build a bridge across two shores
F#
B
and love will be redeemed
G#m
B
F#
I talk to ghosts in blue and green
E
G#m
B
As they carry on,
F#
E
destroying each other
G#m
B
It's a lesson I learn every day,
F#
E
can't put right the path
G#m
B
F#
The light goes out and I'm
G#m
B
G#m
F#
E
Oh, oh, oh, oh oh,
C#
B
G#m
F#
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
C#
B
F#
oh,
G#m
B
River keeps on flowing
F#
E
Picks up some wishes
B
G#m
Hopes and dreams,
E
G#m
B
I think of things that made us laugh,
E
G#m
B
F#
E
The river flows on just the same like the important things in
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
life
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
F#
E
B
F#
E
minded of my old life
G#m
B
Among the lights and the power
F#
E
Now smashed in the ends,
G#m
B
the eighties finally ended
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E
The day I broke down and
G#m
B
F#
when I needed you most
E
F#
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
B
I lost you in the crash
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E
F#
G#m
B
I live by the river,
E
G#m
Build a bridge across two shores
B
F#
the darks used to be
E
G#m
B
Build a bridge across two shores
G#m
B
F#
E
G#m
I live by the river where the darks used
B
F#
G#m
F#
G#m
to be
F#
G#m
G#
G#m
F#
You
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