{"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":2635671,"song":"River","artist":"Bill Staines","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11519711-river-chords-by-bill-staines/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2635671?type=chord","rating":4.99467,"votes":52,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was born in the path of the winter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nwind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI was raised where the mountains are old[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTheir springtime waters came dancing down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember the tales they told[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe whistling ways of my younger days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nToo quickly have faded on by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut all of their memories linger on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike the light in a fading sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]\r\nRiver, take me along in your sunshine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsing me a song Ever moving and winding and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou rolling old river, you changing old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nriver[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]         \r\nLet's you and me, river, run down to the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've been to the city and back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI've been moved by some things that I've[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nlearned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMet a lot of good people and I've called[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthem friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFelt the change when the seasons turned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nI've heard all the songs that the\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nchildren sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd listened to love's melodies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've felt my own music within me rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike the wind in the autumn trees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]\r\nRiver, take me along in your sunshine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsing me a song Ever moving and winding and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou rolling old river, you changing old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nriver[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]         \r\nLet's you and me, river, run down to the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomeday when the flowers are blooming still[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSomeday when the grass is still green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy rolling waters will round the bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd flow into the open sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nSo, here's to the rainbow that's\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfollowed me here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the friends that I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd here's to the song that's within me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI will sing it wherever I go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E/D#[/ch]\r\nRiver, take me along in your sunshine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsing me a song Ever moving and winding and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou rolling old river, you changing old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nriver[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]         \r\nLet's you and me, river, run down to the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsea[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nI've heard all the songs that the\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nSo, here's to the rainbow that's\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","F#m","B","E/D#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}