I Am The River chords by Dan Tyler

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Once  (B minor) upon a recent time,
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 (A major) a  little boy loved to climb a
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 (G major) big tree by the riverside.
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 (A major) He liked to go there just to hide.
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From  (B minor) a strong limb six feet high,
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he'd  (A major) watch the water rushing by
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 (G major) And dream he was a Chickasaw Indi (A major) an,
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brave an (B minor) d   wise
One day cradled in the tree,
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 (A major) the little boy fell asleep
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And  (G major) dreamed he was the tribal chief
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About  (A major) to hear the river speak
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From  (B minor) the river rose a mist
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And  (A major) formed a figure of a fist
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 (G major) And then he heard a godlike voice say,
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 (A major) Brother man, hear ye  (B minor) this
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I  (D major) am the  (A major) river and I flow
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 (D major) from the moun (G major) tains melted snow
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 (D major) to the  (A major) valley far below
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 (G major) I ramble  (A major) un (D major) til I reach  (A major) 
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the fertile plain  (D major) 
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where I grow  (G major) the golden grain  (D major) 
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Then I bring  (A major) the silver rain  (G major) 
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back  (A major) to the  (B minor) ocean  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (B minor) 
The little boy rubbed his eyes
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An (A major) d  in a flash he realized
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If a  (G major) river lives, it can die
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An (A major) d  he began to wonder why
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Brother  (B minor) man had gone insane
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And caused  (A major) the river so much pain
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 (G major) He knew something had to change  (D major) 
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An (A major) d then he heard the
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river call his  (B minor) name
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Little  (C sharp minor) tree, young and green
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You're  (B major) a part of everything
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Help  (A major) me keep my water clean
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C#m 
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Remember  (B major) what I told you in your  (C sharp minor) dream  (B major) 
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I  (E major) am the  (B major) river and I flow
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 (E major) From the mountain's  (A major) melted snow
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 (E major) To the val (B major) ley far below
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 (A major) I ramble  (B major) un (E major) til I reach  (B major) the fertile plain
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 (E major) Where I grow  (A major) the golden grain  (E major) 
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Then  (B major) I bring the silver rain  (A major) 
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back  (B major) to the  (C sharp minor) ocean
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 (B major) I  (E major) am  (B major)  (E major) the  (B major) river and I flow  (E major) 
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from the mountain's  (A major) melted snow
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 (E major) To the val (B major) ley far below
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 (A major) I ramble  (B major) un (E major) til I reach  (B major) 
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the fertile plain  (E major) 
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Where I grow  (A major) the golden grain  (E major) 
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Then I bring  (B major) the silver rain  (A major) 
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C#m 
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Back  (B major) to the  (C sharp minor) ocean  (B major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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 (B major)  (A major) you  (B major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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 (B major)  (A major)  (B major)  (C sharp minor) 
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 (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (B major) 
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 (A major)  (B major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (B major) 
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