Key: D minor
Intro 1
C#m
D#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
Verse 1
C#m
D#
Bathed in the river, all his years
G#m
E
Many books, that lined his walls
C#m
D#
Jew s and gentiles, held him in awe
Verse 2
E
D#
And looked to the river where his
G#m
D#
mother once floated
E
D#
G#m
And looked to the river where his mother once
D#
floated
Interlude 1
D#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
Verse 3
G#m
E
He had four sons, all healthy and proper
C#m
D#
He grew quiet his wife fell dumb
Verse 4
E
D#
And looked to the river where his
G#m
D#
mother once floated
E
D#
G#m
And looked to the river where his mother once
D#
floated
Interlude 2
D#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
G#m
E
C#m
D#
Verse 5
C#m
D#
She was six years old, frosted with fright
G#m
E
She clutched the toe, the stiff cold toe
E
G#m
E
D#
Verse 6
G#m
D#
E
G#m
Nathan stepped through the
E
D#
G#m
D#
E
broken window
G#m
E
D#
And looked to the river where his
G#m
D#
E
mother once floated
Nathan stepped through
E
D#
And looked to the river
G#m
D#
where his mother once floated
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