The River chords by John Martyn

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Asus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Waking  (D major) 
A 
D 
A 
up and finding she's not  (A major) there  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Sleepy looking around to find
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D 
A 
out where  (A major)  (D major) I am  (A major) 
F#m 
Get out  (F sharp minor) of bed,
go tripping down the stairs
Bsus4 
Bm 
Bsus4 
 (Bsus4)  (B minor) And  (Bsus4) before   you
Bm 
eat your break (B minor) fast
A 
Say  (A major) your prayers

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Verse 2

And the early morning pigeons

fly around

Getting startled on my lonely

footed sound

And yesterday’s newspaper

is flying too

Whirling down the wind that I once knew

Interlude 1

Verse 3
D 
And the red  (D major) and yellow birds
A 
D 
A 
come drifting by  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
Re (D major) flecting in themselves
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D 
A 
the windy sky  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
F#m 
And you walk  (F sharp minor) along beside them
Bsus4 
Bm 
in a dream  (Bsus4)  (B minor) 
And you wonder where they're going
D 
And where they've  (D major) been
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 4
D 
And the  (D major) river’s smiling bravely
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D 
A 
Through the rain  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
Thinks everything  (D major) is really
A 
D 
A 
just the same  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
F#m 
And the rain  (F sharp minor) comes down
Bm 
And wets the curly hair  (B minor) 
Bsus4 
Bm 
Of the children  (Bsus4) playing   (B minor) where
A 
Your memories  (A major) were