{"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":1743839,"song":"This River","artist":"JJ Grey & Mofro","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11374997-this-river-chords-by-jj-grey-mofro/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1743839?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":107,"content":"This song is played in the key of D. The first version is technically correct, but JJ Grey plays it with a capo.\r\n\r\nCapo on 7th fret or transpose +7 to play without a capo.\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stare at a picture but there's nothing for it[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pull on the bottle and watch this river roll on by[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrying to find purpose trying to see meaning[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrying to make sense of the nonsense that I've called my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause only this river can bear me to safety[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnly this river can bear me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSee them all work and play there on the other bank[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWarm in their houses while I face my cold alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGuess I've been drinking away to keep the wolves of my mind at bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut if you run you die I'm just too tired to care[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause only this river can bear me to safety[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly this river can bear me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI feel Her flowing, flowing right through me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hear Her whispers drowning my words[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly this river[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOnly this river,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly this river can save me from myself [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere did my soul go?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere did my spirit hide?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy won't they rescue me from the pain in my mind?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnly this river in all of her glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly this river can bear me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly this river, only this river, only this river . . .[/tab]","plain_text":"This song is played in the key of D. The first version is technically correct, but JJ Grey plays it with a capo.\n\nCapo on 7th fret or transpose +7 to play without a capo.\n\n\nIntro: G Em C D G","chords":["D","G","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}