The River
The River

The River easy guitar chords by Mirah

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Skies 
    went 
    dark, 

    got 
    hard 
    to 
    see 
    my 
    body 
    all stretched 
    out

    Ter
    rit
    ory 
    to touch 
    and 
    make 

    path to 
    lead 
    you down. 

    If I 
    could 
    hold 
    the wildest 
    winds 
    from 

    blasting 
    through 
    my 
    house, 

    Then I 
    could 
    shine 
    a beacon 
    whether 
    floats, 

    fine, 
    yes, 
    or 
    drown
    s. 

    Verse 2
    But 
    there 
    was 
    no 
    heat, 

    it 
    all 
    had 
    been 
    extin
    guished, 

    Snuffed 
    right 
    out. 

    That 
    was 
    not 
    the 
    way 
    I meant 
    to 

    disap
    point 
    the 
    crowd. 

    If 
    you 
    want 
    my 
    center, 

    please 
    don't 
    slice 
    so much 
    around. 

    And 
    if 
    you 
    won't 
    be 
    having 
    me, 

    watch 
    the 
    sorrow 
    shake 
    my 
    mouth. 

    Verse 3

    And 
    you 
    don't 
    want 
    to 
    hurt 
    me, 

    But 
    you don't 
    want 
    to 
    need 
    me, 

    So 
    how 
    can 
    you 
    re
    ceive 
    me? 

    Verse 4

    Take 
    seat, 
    don't griev
    ing be, 

    let's 
    settle 
    this 
    all out, 

    Then one 
    by 
    one 
    I'll take 
    these 
    from 

    the 
    caverns 
    of 
    my 
    mouth. 

    The teeth 
    who 
    mash 
    and teeth 
    who 

    make 
    my 
    tender 
    muscles 
    shout 

    A last 
    good
    bye 
    to lose 
    what 
    once 

    I'd 
    never 
    known 
    without. 

    And 
    Verse 5
    in 
    my 
    mind, 
    the 
    river 
    runs 

    straight line 
    through 
    the town, 

    Never 
    bend
    ing, 

    only 
    sending 
    stuff from 
    north to 
    south. 

    Under 
    bridges, 

    fishes 
    wear 
    the 
    currents 
    like a gown. 

    And I 
    will 
    swal
    low 
    crooked
    ness, 

    not 
    let it 
    drag me 
    down. 

    Afraid 
    that 
    if 
    I cut 
    you 
    Verse 6
    loose, 

    You'd 
    never 
    again 
    want 
    me to 

    Em
    brace 
    you 
    in 
    your 
    solitude. 

    Verse 7
    Now 
    in our 
    eyes, 

    we both 
    still 
    find 
    the 
    perfect 
    place 
    to 
    rest. 

    We'll unfold 
    wings 
    and 
    fly a 
    while, 

    before 
    the 
    next 
    caress. 

    The 
    atmosphere 
    will hold 
    us 
    dear 

    and teach 
    us 
    how it's 
    best 

    To both 
    feel 
    free 
    and 
    satis
    fied, 

    our 
    two souls 
    will 
    be blessed. 

    Before 
    my 
    eyes, 
    the 
    fire
    Verse 8

    flies 
    they 
    make the night 
    sky 
    low. 

    Captured 
    by 
    the 
    sounds 
    of all 
    the 
    horns 

    that 
    the frogs 
    blow. 

    Through tears 
    so 
    thick, 

    like 
    glue they 
    drip 
    and 
    build a 
    castle slow. 

    I can 
    see 
    you 
    saved for 
    me 
    the 

    sweetness 
    that 
    still 
    glows. 

    And 
    though you're 
    still 
    my 
    Verse 9
    Her
    cules, 

    Nep
    tune's 
    the one 

    who's 
    taken 
    me. 

    Come on, 
    lay 
    that 
    strength 

    upon 
    my 
    sea. 

    Verse 10

    Steady 
    the string 
    an
    snap 

    it down 
    the 
    dust 
    gets 
    in my 
    face. 

    border
    line 
    to not 
    cross, 

    mind 
    our manners, 
    keep 
    in place. 

    Still, 
    I re
    call 
    you once 
    ex
    tended 

    me 
    with 
    handsome 
    haste, 

    A rope 
    to 
    climb, 
    to call 
    all 
    mine, 

    to 
    ascend 
    you with 
    grace. 

    Now 
    we will 
    burn 
    the fog 
    Verse 11
    away, 

    our 
    hearts 
    are like the sun. 

    We 
    moved 
    it 
    now, 
    that's 
    a way 
    down 

    and though the 
    change 
    was rough, 

    We'll find 
    our 
    lives 
    are 
    kinder 

    without 
    complications 
    of 

    The fear 
    in 
    me that 
    had 
    taken 
    seed 

    and 
    crowded 
    out 
    the 
    love. 

    Verse 12
    want you 
    and I 
    let you 
    go 

    Though we 
    can 
    still 
    walk 

    on 
    the same 
    road. 

    If we 
    don't try 
    it, 
    we'll 
    never 
    know. 

    Outro 1

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