{"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":1733710,"song":"The Rivers","artist":"Cheryl Wheeler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11370825-the-rivers-chords-by-cheryl-wheeler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1733710?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Cheryl Wheeler - The Rivers\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the afternoon light, riding around[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRiding my bike all over town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said on TV, that out west right now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it was hard to believe, watching it win[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKept coming down and kept coming in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd finally reached where our great cities stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd once more we find out, in case we forgot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust who is strong here and just who is not[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs if we could hand her some route that we'd plot[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now the rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt lifted the trash, it lifted the gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lifted the lives too weak to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll swept into some diluvian fold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's like all that we've done, has seeped from the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's been, take what you want and leave what you leave[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe sure have been pigs since Adam and Eve[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I love the thought of us all being one[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut kids in the third grade pack needles and guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now we might die if we lie in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSalt of the earth, ebb and the flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll that we have and more than we know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaden with garbage from decades ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, maybe one day the great salty blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWill swallow us up with all that we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd things will start over like they always do[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the rivers can poison us[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe rivers can poison us[/tab]","plain_text":"Cheryl Wheeler - The Rivers\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: G  D  G  C  G D G","chords":["G","D","C","Em","Am"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}