The River & The Ocean chords by Mia Doi Todd

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A
Fm
F#m
D
F
Fdim
Am
Adim
Cm
Bbdim
Bb
E
Bbaug
F#

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
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F 
I  am a river in the ocean
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Fm 
Particles spread far and   thin
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F 
But I can still remember
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Fm 
what I was then
A 
Fm 
F 
Now I am something greater
Fdim 
F#m 
Fm 
Though less of what I was

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Verse 2

The day that I discovered

I was a river in the ocean

Verse 3

I am a bird whistling in the dark

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Stuck in this cavernous mine

When silence falls

You know it's time to start running

Verse 4
A 
I  am a bird that's never
F 
seen much light
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Fm 
Stuck in this cavernous ark
A 
Soon they'll send me out
Am 
F 
to  look for land
A 
Fm 
And I'll bring back a little bark

Verse 5
A 
Fm 
F 
I  am a stroller in the park
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Fm 
Wrapped 'round this beautiful babe
A 
I  and the dark skinned woman
F 
Pushing me are its slaves
A 
Fm 

Verse 6
A 
Fm 
F 
I  am a stroller in the park
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A 
Fm 
Walking my flypaper skin
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A 
Through the balmy August air
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Which sucks my body's
A 
Fm 
waters from within

Verse 7
A 
Fm 
I  am a river in the ocean
F#m 
Fm 
Particles spread far and thin
A 
F 
But I can still remember what
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F 
A 
Fm 
I was then
A 
Am 
Fm 
F 
Now I am something greater
F#m 
F 
Though less of what I was

Verse 8
A 
The day that I discovered
F 
Fm 
A 
Fm 
I was a river in the ocean
A 
Fm 
Just a river in the ocean
F 
Am 
Adim 
Cm 
Just a river in the ocean
Adim 
But I'm

Verse 9

waiting for the rainstorm

To take me back upstream

Adim

And I'm waiting for the brainstorm

To fill me back to the brim

Verse 10

So bring on the lightning

This midnight orange sky

Grows frightening

Break the water for me

Verse 11
Adim 
Am 
'Cause I'm waiting
Cm 
for the rainstorm
Adim 
Am 
Cm 
To take me back upstream
Adim 
Am 
Cm 
And I'm waiting for the brainstorm
Adim 
Am 
Adim 
Cm 
To fill me back to the brim

Verse 12

So bring on the lightning

This midnight orange sky

Grows frightening

Break the water for me

Interlude 1

Adim

Bbdim

Verse 13

Bbdim

Row, row, row your boat

Bbaug

Gently down the stream

Bbaug

Bbdim

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Verse 14
F#m 
Bbaug 
E 
A 
Row, row, row your boat
Bbaug 
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E 
Gently down the stream
A 
Bbaug 
E 
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
A 
E 
A 
Life is but a dream
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Life is but a dream
A 
Am 
Adim 
Am 
Life is  but a dream
Cm 

Verse 15
Adim 
Am 
And what's the difference
Cm 
Between nothing and everything?
Adim 
Am 
And what's the difference
Cm 
Between no one and everyone?

Verse 16
Adim 
Am 
And what's the difference
Cm 
Between nowhere and everywhere?
A 
Am 
Everything, everyone and everywhere
A 
Am 
Everything, everyone and everywhere
Cm 
But what's the difference?