River of Tears
River of Tears

River of Tears easy guitar chords by Ian Hunter

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Waiting 
    on 
    an 
    elevator, 

    in 
    hotel 
    out 
    in Califor
    nia 

    Smog 
    clouds 
    up in 
    the windows, 

    but 
    there is 
    a plaque 
    up 
    on 
    the 
    wall 

    That 
    tell
    s of 
    the 
    Agoras, people 

    who 
    were 
    here 
    long 
    be
    fore 
    us 

    Before 
    the 
    covered 
    wag
    ons, 

    before 
    they 
    lost 
    it 
    all 

    Verse 2
    They 
    were 
    hunters, 

    they 
    were 
    fishermen 
    und they 
    often 
    fought 
    each 
    oth
    er 

    But 
    one 
    small 
    tribe 
    was 
    different, 

    their 
    leader 
    was 
    a peaceful 
    man 

    They 
    were 
    weavers, 
    they 
    were 
    painters, 

    trading 
    pelts 
    for 
    pretty 
    col
    ours 

    Pro
    tected 
    by 
    the warrior

    for 
    the beauty 
    in 
    their 
    hands 

    Roll 
    back 
    the 
    years, 
    roll 
    back 
    the 
    years, 

    to 
    the 
    river 
    of tears 

    Verse 3

    The 
    chief 
    he 
    had 
    a daughter, 

    she 
    was 
    young 
    and she 
    was 
    beautiful 

    He 
    said, 
    "Go 
    into 
    the 
    forest, 

    get 
    some 
    berries 
    for 
    the dye 

    But 
    make 
    your 
    way 
    back 
    quickly, 

    for 
    the 
    old 
    bear's 
    getting 
    hungry 

    don't 
    want 
    you 
    out 
    there, 

    when 
    the sun 
    falls 
    from 
    the 
    sky" 

    Verse 4
    Her 
    basket 
    filled 
    with 
    berries, 

    she 
    headed 
    back 
    toward 
    the 
    vil
    lage 

    Verse 5
    When a 
    mighty 
    roar 
    erupted, 

    she 
    ran 
    und 
    hid 
    inside 
    hollow 
    tree 

    Shad
    ows 
    were 
    getting 
    longer, 

    the forest 
    was 
    getting 
    colder 

    And the 
    chief 
    began 
    to 
    pan
    ic, 

    where 
    could 
    his 
    daughter 
    be? 

    Lost 
    in 
    the 
    years, 
    lost 
    in 
    the 
    years, 

    on 
    the 
    river 
    of 
    tears 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 6
    In 
    the camp 
    the fires 
    were 
    dying 
    when 

    the 
    old 
    chief 
    started 
    cry
    ing 

    Soon 
    all 
    the tribe 
    were crying, 

    the ground 
    grew 
    wet 
    beneath 
    their 
    feet 

    And 
    the tears 
    they turned 
    to water 
    and 

    the wa
    ter 
    became 
    river

    And the river 
    flowed 
    like 
    an 
    arrow, 

    to 
    the foot 
    of 
    hollow 
    tree 

    Verse 7
    And 
    the 
    girl 
    looked 
    out 
    in 
    wonder, 

    as 
    she 
    saw 
    the 
    water 
    fall
    ing 

    She knew 
    it 
    was 
    her 
    father 
    and 

    she swam 
    to 
    his 
    ca
    noe 

    And 
    all 
    the tribe 
    stopped 
    crying, 

    and 
    the river 
    started 
    subsid
    ing 

    Into 
    the 
    hill 
    of 
    the 
    Agoras, and so 

    the 
    legend 
    grew 

    Roll 
    back 
    the 
    years, 

    roll 
    back 
    the 
    years 

    Roll 
    back 
    the 
    years, 

    to 
    the 
    river 
    of 
    tears 



    wish 
    all 
    the 
    world 
    was 
    healing 

    Outro 1

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