The River

The River easy guitar chords by Abbey Lincoln

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • A

  • E

  • D

  • Dm

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • F

  • Ebsus4

    6
  • A

  • E

  • D

  • Dm

  • G

  • Gsus4

  • C

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • Gm

    3
  • Bb

  • F

  • Ebsus4

    6
  • Intro 1
    A
    E
    D

    Dm
    There's
    Verse 1

    a river on the freeway

    where the fog winds blow

    from the city to the countryside.
    A
    Dm

    And the river runs and raises, and it's signaled by a bell,
    A
    Dm

    a hollow metal vessel, and it vibrates

    and it rings.
    D
    Dm

    And the river runs and races to bring the many
    G
    Gsus4
    Dm

    things it carries on the surface of a
    D

    running race in time.
    Dm

    There's a river on the freeway.
    A
    Dm

    You can take it for a ride.
    C
    Dm
    D
    Dm
    Am
    Dm


    Dsus4
    Dm

    All you have to do is enter

    from some designated lane
    Dsus4
    C

    And you ride till your off ramp
    Dm
    C

    signals that you're home again
    D
    C

    And the river starts receding,
    Dsus4
    Dm
    C
    Dm

    an d it murmurs now and then in the lull before the coming
    Dsus4
    C
    Dm

    of the tide that's

    rushing in.

    There's river on the freeway, and the river has a song,
    Am
    Dm

    and it's based upon identity,
    Am
    Dm

    There's a river on the freeway
    Dsus4
    Dm
    C
    Dsus4

    An d it's
    Dm

    jingled by a bell
    Am
    Dm

    There's a river on the freeway
    Interlude 1
    Dm
    C
    Am
    Dm
    Gm
    Dm
    Gm
    Dm

    Gsus4
    Am

    Dm
    Am
    Dm
    Am
    Dsus4
    C
    Dm
    Dsus4
    Dm
    C

    Dm
    C
    Dm
    C
    Dm

    Verse 2
    Dm

    Sometimes, sometimes the night is silent,
    C
    Dm

    for a moment there's no sound, except perhaps
    Bb
    Dm

    cricket, beeping on the ground,
    Am
    Dm

    or a human zooming motor, an engine now and then, doing
    F
    Am
    Dm

    90 miles an hour, breaking limits,

    getting in.

    There's a river on the freeway,

    and the river has a song.

    And it's based upon the city,
    Am
    E

    and it's nervous by default.
    Am
    Dm

    There's a river on the freeway,
    C
    Dm
    C

    and it's signaled by a bell.
    Dm
    C
    Am
    Dm

    There's a river

    on the freeway
    A
    Dm
    Am
    Dm
    Ebsus4

    Underneath a magic spell
    Ebsus4
    Dm

    Dm
    Dm
    Dm

    Dm


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