River chords by Julia Fordham

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Verse 1
G 
C 
G 
Hey you,
C 
G 
pushing the river
C 
With the world there on
G 
your shoulders
C 
G 
Don't you remember a single thing
D 
Am 
D 
The good book told you?

Verse 2
G 
C 
Hey you, treading the water
G 
C 
With your head dipping
G 
out of the clouds
C 
G 
Sinking down, down, down, down
Am 
C 
D 
Waving to the old crowd

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Verse 3

And they send these things to try us

And try us they do (oh oh)

Don't push the river,

don't push the river

Don't push the river, let it carry you

Verse 4
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G 
C 
G 
C 
I know that I'm a fine one
G 
To be talking this way
C 
I've been dragging
G 
the whole darn world
Am 
D 
Behind me all day

Verse 5
G 
C 
G 
No- one said it would be easy
C 
G 
And they never warned how hard
C 
And I've been licking
G 
brand new wounds
Am 
D 
And tending old scars

Verse 6
C 
G 
And they send these things to try us
C 
D 
And try us they do (oh oh)
C 
Don't push the river,
G 
don't push the river
C 
D 
G 
Don't push the river, let it carry you

Verse 7

Over the endless troubles,

over the trying times

These are the words of wisdom

from a restless mind

Verse 8
D 
C 
Don't push the river,
G 
don't push the river
C 
D 
G 
Don't push the river, let it carry you
C 
Don't push the river,
G 
don't push the river
C 
D 
G 
C 
G 
Don't push the river, let it carry you