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The River chords by
Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins

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Intro 1
C
F
C
F

C
F
C
F

Verse 1
C

She ran until her

face was numb with cold and
F

Wore a cotton gown that

blazed the night untold.
C

She ran until her feet refused to hold
F

So heavy a heart for someone

merely ten years old.
C

And when she reached the river

her knees began to shiver,
F

Her head with pounding voices from home.
C

Behind her was a vision,

a painful apparition
F

Of a darker world that no-one should
Verse 2

should know.
Dm

Am

Somebody's bed will never
F
Dm

be warm again,
Am

The river will keep this friend.
F
Dm

Am

Yeah somebody's bed will
F
Dm

never be warm again,

No never again.
C
F
Verse 3
Dm
F

C

She dived beneath the water's icy skin,

F

Hoping the cold would kill the

smell of angry gin,
C

And her eyes grew wider

than they'd ever been
F

Just wishing the numbness to

cut deeper with its pins.
C

And as her body lay there she

decided to stay there
F

Till darkness came to pull her away.
C

And beautifully she sank as

up river was the bank
F

Where some bodiless troubles would
Am

stay.
Dm
Em
F
Am
Verse 4
Dm

Am

Somebody's bed will never
F
Dm

be warm again,
Am

The river will keep this friend.
F
Dm

Am

Yeah somebody's bed will
F
Dm

never be warm again,
Interlude 1

No never again.
C
Db
C
Db

Eb
F
Dm

Verse 5
Am

Somebody's bed will never
F
Dm

be warm again,
Am

The river will keep this friend.
F
Dm

Am

Yeah somebody's bed will
F
Dm

never be warm again,
C

No never again.
Outro 1
F
C
F
C

F
C
F

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  • F

  • Dm

  • Am

  • Em

  • Db

    4
  • Eb

    6

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