River Waltz chords by Cowboy Junkies

SimplifiedC · F · G · Dm · Am

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

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

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Verse 3

And if one day we wake up

to a bed dry as a bone

Find our river stolen,

find our sanctuary gone

We will stand and take

stock and be grateful

For what we've not lost.

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

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 
As we  (D minor) dance cheek to cheek
Am 
With our  (A minor) feet so completely
C 
G 
 (C major) Locked in a time all our  (G major) own.
Dm 
 (D minor) I    stop to speak
Am 
But  (A minor) you  gently keep me
C 
G 
 (C major) Moving in time  (G major) to the song.
F 
And in a  (F major) voice that is sloppy
Am 
Dm 
 (A minor) with  (D minor) gin
You say, "let the world spin."
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
I'm going to find me a dying river
And strike a deal with her I'll say,
F 
"I'll  (F major) fold you in two and
I'll carry you away
C 
To  (C major) place where your headwaters
will flow
G 
Clean through to your  (G major) mouth."

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