This Is The River chords by The Nelson Brothers

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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is the river,
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this is the town,
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this is the place
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where my folks settle down
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Out where the Pinewood
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and Sycamore stand,
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here in the heart of this tired old land
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I was a child when these
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val   leys and streams
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Rang without laughter and
renegade dreams
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And the sun was so blue
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that I thought I could fly
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Till the tall sky was all I could see
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Life was a mystery to me
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So I got me a hammer and
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I got me some nails
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Cut me some canvas
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and thread for the sails
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Chopped me some timber, built me a boat
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And I prayed for good fortune
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to keep me afloat
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But I cut and run with the
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daughter of slaves
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Lighter than driftwood,
we danced on the waves
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And the water so blue
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that I thought I would drown
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Drown in the folds of the sea
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Love was a mystery to me
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I crossed the line heading west
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with the first breath of spring
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Rollin' along like a tumbleweed
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gone with the wind
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I  thought when I left here
I'd left here for good
But this is the river
that runs through my blood
And I watch the sun setting
over these fields
With time like a dog
snapping hard at my heels
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I'll kick up the dust
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on the road  to the place
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Where the trail always ends
in the ghost of a trace
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Of a summer so blue
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that I thought I could fly
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Till the tall sky is all I can see
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It's all still a mystery to me
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