{"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":1834592,"song":"River Waltz","artist":"Cowboy Junkies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11405522-river-waltz-chords-by-cowboy-junkies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1834592?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":9,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm going to find me a dying river [/tab]\r\nand strike a deal with her I'll say, \r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto a place where your headwaters will flow [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nclean through to your mouth. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn return I'll request a small sanctuary[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nby her banks where we will live [/tab]\r\nwith our small family \r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe will water our garden [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand clean the dirt from our skin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the world clamours at our door [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe will dance and not let them in.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nfind our river stolen find our sanctuary gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe will stand and take stock and be grateful [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor what we've not lost.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe will pack up our bags, pack our small family [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nhead across the valley to where the aspen trees [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nshiver as they ascend - [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe green hills rising to blue. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the edge of the chopping we will turn [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand bid fond adieu.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll that I know to true [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nis the touch of your hand on my skin. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne look from you can so easily soothe [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall this turmoil within. [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs we dance cheek to cheek [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith our feet so completely [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlocked in a time all our own.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI stop to speak [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut you gently keep me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmoving in time to the song.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in a voice that is sloppy with gin [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyou say, let the world spin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI'm going to find me a dying river \r\nand strike a deal with her I'll say, \r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nto a place where your headwaters will flow [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nclean through to your mouth. [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn return I'll request a small sanctuary[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nby her banks where we will live [/tab]\r\nwith our small family \r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nshe will water our garden [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand clean the dirt from our skin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs the world clamours at our door [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe will dance and not let them in.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"and strike a deal with her I'll say, \n\n\n\n\n\n\nwith our small family \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm going to find me a dying river \nand strike a deal with her I'll say, \n\n\n\n\n\nwith our small family \n\n\n\n\n\nF G C","chords":["C","F","G","Dm","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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}