{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1453957,"song":"The River","artist":"Kyla La Grange","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11259240-the-river-chords-by-kyla-la-grange/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1453957?type=chord","rating":4.74253,"votes":5,"content":"Kyla La Grange - The River\r\n\r\nThroughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so \r\neasy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find \r\nit sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either \r\nway, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.\r\n\r\n-INTRO-\r\nC (4 bars)\r\n\r\n-VERSE-\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was 10 years old I always needed to be told[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I should not be frightened by the fact that we grow old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut as the days slipped by I felt the pressing need to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I quickly understood exactly why they'd had to lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the daylight I could cope, because the sun seemed full of hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI laughed enough for two grown men and learnt I could tell jokes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut sadness has a subtle face and then it came to gloat[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe heard about the girl and boy hung by their skipping rope[/tab]\r\n\r\n-CHORUS-\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIsn't it too hard to conceive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all I want to do [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nis to float with the river so free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNow, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists\r\nIt crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists\r\nDeath will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss\r\nBut fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss\r\n\r\nAnd I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood\r\nA place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good\r\nBut life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind\r\nNow he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night\r\n\r\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\r\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\r\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\r\n\r\nAnd Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear\r\nBut he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears\r\nAnd he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing\r\nThese petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything\r\n\r\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\r\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\r\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\r\n\r\nSo everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold\r\nLying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old\r\nAnd maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song\r\nJust hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone\r\n\r\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\r\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\r\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\r\n\r\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\r\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\r\nAnd all I want to do\r\nIs to float with the river so free\r\nIs to float with the river so free\r\nIs to float with the river so free","plain_text":"Kyla La Grange - The River\n\nThroughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so \neasy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find \nit sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either \nway, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.\n\n-INTRO-\nC (4 bars)\n\n-VERSE-\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-CHORUS-\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists\nIt crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists\nDeath will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss\nBut fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss\n\nAnd I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood\nA place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good\nBut life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind\nNow he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night\n\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\n\nAnd Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear\nBut he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears\nAnd he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing\nThese petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything\n\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\n\nSo everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold\nLying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old\nAnd maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song\nJust hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone\n\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\nAnd all I want to do is to float with the river so free\n\nIsn't it too hard to conceive\nDoesn't it bring you to your knees\nAnd all I want to do\nIs to float with the river so free\nIs to float with the river so free\nIs to float with the river so free","chords":["C","F","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}