River Waltz chords by
Cowboy Junkies

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Key: C major

Verse 1
C C 
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I'm going to find me a dying river
And strike a deal with her I'll say,
F F 
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"I'll fold you in two and
I'll carry you away
C C 
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To a place where your
headwaters will flow
G G 
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Clean through to your mouth."

Verse 2
C C 
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In return I'll request a small sanctuary
F F 
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By her banks where we will live
with our small family
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She will water our garden
G G 
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and clean the dirt from our skin.
F F 
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While the world clamours at our door
G G 
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C C 
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We will dance and not let them in.

Verse 3
C C 
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And if one day we wake up
to a bed dry as a bone
F F 
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Find our river stolen,
find our sanctuary gone
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We will stand and take
stock and be grateful
G G 
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For what we've not lost.

Verse 4
C C 
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We will pack up our bags,
pack our small family
F F 
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Head across the valley to
where the aspen trees
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Shiver as they ascend - the green
G G 
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hills rising to blue.
F F 
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At the edge of the chopping
G G 
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we will turn
And bid fond "adieu".
C C 
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Verse 5

All that I know to be true

Is the touch of your hand on my skin.

One look from you can so easily soothe

All this turmoil within

Verse 6
Dm Dm 
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As we dance cheek to cheek
Am Am 
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With our feet so completely
C C 
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G G 
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Locked in a time all our own.
Dm Dm 
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I   stop to speak
Am Am 
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But you gently keep me
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G G 
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Moving in time to the song.
F F 
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And in a voice that is sloppy
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Dm Dm 
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with gin
You say, "let the world spin."
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Verse 7
I'm going to find me a dying river
And strike a deal with her I'll say,
F F 
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"I'll fold you in two and
I'll carry you away
C C 
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To place where your headwaters
will flow
G G 
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Clean through to your mouth."

Verse 8
C C 
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In re turn I'll request a small sanctuary
F F 
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By her banks where we will live
with our small family
C C 
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She will water our garden and clean the
G G 
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dirt from our skin.
F F 
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While the world clamours at our door
G G 
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C C 
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We will dance and not let them in.

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