{"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":1898299,"song":"Across The River","artist":"Blitzen Trapper","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11424590-across-the-river-chords-by-blitzen-trapper/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1898299?type=chord","rating":4.71518,"votes":10,"content":"Capo 2 \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nWell I dove into that river[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo see what I could find[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the water it rolled on top of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the stars refused to shine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nWell I swam until I could not swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I swam a little more[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the current held me like a lover’s arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then it left me on the shore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen I stood and looked to from where I came[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe place where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it seemed to me only half is real[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike the dark and distant storm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd I breathed the air around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI felt my heart beat new[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I left my home and I nearly drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a glimpse of something few have ever seen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen I walked up from the shoreline[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo a city shining bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I walked the streets of that lovely place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nTill the coming of the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBut there were no voices speaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was not a soul around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I sat alone on an empty throne[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nIn the middle of that town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I said oh my, oh me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh me, oh my[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s a river that runs between the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the darkness of our lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can hit the road or stay in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can sink or swim or fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when all of this is said and done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou gon’ walk so gently still into that night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen I sat so still and silent[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my head hanging low[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd an emptiness like a barren field[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nYou know it settled round my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen a man appeared before me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough I tried, I can’t deny[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat he had my father’s face and hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBut his eyes shone like the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nHe said my son, you’ve come too soon[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou better get on outta here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know I’d let you stay but round here a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nIs much like a thousand years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd your heart is like a diamond[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt splits the light in two [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you’ll only shine for a certain time[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nTill you’re swallowed up in blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I said oh my, oh me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh me, oh my[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s a river that runs between the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the darkness of our lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can hit the road or stay in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can sink or swim or fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when all of this is said and done[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou gon’ walk so gently still into that night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nSo I dove into that river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAgain a second time[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the water rolled on top of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd the stars refused to shine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen I swam until I could not swim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I sank just like a stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I woke again I was laying in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nMy bed inside my home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThen I walked out to the city streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the voices high and bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I breathed the air without a care[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nAnd I walked so gently still[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInto that light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C  G  C  G   D\nC  G  C  G  C   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C  G  C  G   D\nC  G  C  G  C   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C  G  C  G   D\nC  G  C  G  C   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C  G  C  G   D\nC  G  C  G  C   D\nG  C  G","chords":["G","Em","C","D"],"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]}}}