{"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":1747712,"song":"The River The Woods","artist":"Astronautalis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11376655-the-river-the-woods-chords-by-astronautalis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1747712?type=chord","rating":4.54869,"votes":6,"content":"CAPO ON 1\r\nCAPO ON 1\r\nCAPO ON 1\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] | x02210\r\n [ch]C[/ch] | x32010\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] | 022000\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWherever we go, we'll never be lost[/tab]\r\nSome follow the compass rose, some follow the cross\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe, I follow roads compulsively, till sirens call me off[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen I wander, eyes closed, following songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis rivers a hymnal, the leaves are applause[/tab]\r\nThe trees sing in whispers, with the wind pulling their arms\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHold still, and listen, your hand on my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you need them, these beacons will lead you back to the start[/tab]\r\nYup\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo ax has seen these woods since before your father stood[/tab]\r\nThe path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld growth, holds hope, let the brambles scrape your skin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Scars are storybooks, blood will wash away your sins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow let that sun slip, then let that moon rise[/tab]\r\nFollow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWoods will play tricks upon pretty blue eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs that glimmer the river, or your village finally brought[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nback to life?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nFollow me tonight, I'll show you\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhat's it like[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo be alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know it seems like we're all lost, we see the secrets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWe know the unknown, know the unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow the unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep close, hold my hand now, just be strong[/tab]\r\nWe can follow this river right\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nback to your home[/tab]\r\nBack to your home\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBack to your home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt the palace in Versilles, 400 years before this day[/tab]\r\nThey're packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey may not survive, but many of them know this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey would rather die, than to leave the question open[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo this is why we try? We bet it all on hopeless?[/tab]\r\nAnd swim against the tide till until our every bone is broken\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sinking ship is still a ship, no captain spoke the obit[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTill the crew is flew, crow's nest slips silent beneath the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe set sail without an anchor, we count upon that, never stop[/tab]\r\nAn anchor's just a coffin nail, waiting for that hammer drop\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt holds you by the ankles till it pulls you to the Acheron[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrade stable to be able to slip out from under devil's thumb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Keep your anchors, my home is where my hat is hung[/tab]\r\nPostcard printed paper, and love notes from the lattice rungs\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBlessed are the vagrant, the lonely are the static ones[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's every drifter's confirmation this world is just ravishing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know it seems like we're all lost, we can follow this[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nriver back home[/tab]\r\nRiver back home\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRiver back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know it seems like we're all lost, we see the secrets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe know the unknown[/tab]\r\nKnow the unknown\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow the unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKeep close, hold my hand now, just be strong[/tab]\r\nWe can follow this river right\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nback to your home[/tab]\r\nBack to your home\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBack to your home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know it seems like we're all lost, we see the secrets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe know the unknown[/tab]\r\nKnow the unknown\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKnow the unknown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"CAPO ON 1\nCAPO ON 1\nCAPO ON 1\n\nAm | x02210\n C | x32010\nEm | 022000\n\n\nSome follow the compass rose, some follow the cross\n\n\n\nThe trees sing in whispers, with the wind pulling their arms\n\n\nYup\n\nThe path is beaten good from the feet of all who wandered through it\n\n\n\nFollow in no footsteps, listen for the true guides\n\n\n\n\n\nFollow me tonight, I'll show you\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe can follow this river right\n\nBack to your home\n\n\n\nThey're packing up supplies, preparing for a long trip\n\n\n\n\nAnd swim against the tide till until our every bone is broken\n\n\n\nAn anchor's just a coffin nail, waiting for that hammer drop\n\n\n\nPostcard printed paper, and love notes from the lattice rungs\n\n\n\n\n\nRiver back home\n\n\n\n\nKnow the unknown\n\n\nWe can follow this river right\n\nBack to your home\n\n\n\nKnow the unknown\n\n\nAm","chords":["Am","C","Em","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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}