{"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":2762203,"song":"River Run","artist":"James Keelaghan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11631487-river-run-chords-by-james-keelaghan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2762203?type=chord","rating":0.15736,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[First Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRiver of blue cut through the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwept past the willows and the sandy bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRan so swift, locked in my mem'ry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the way things were is not the way things are[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe used to swim in the crook of its arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the summer heat who could be blamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAvoided the rapids as best as we could[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNever thought that that stream could be tamed[/tab]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Second Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLong ago I gave up that riverside valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTraded coulees for towers of steel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAbandoned the vistas and valleys of childhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the things that they told me were real[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo more would I run with the speed of a colt[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCross the gravel down by water side[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo race with the twig I threw in at the bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCouldn't beat it though god knows I tried[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the river's not running as fast as it did[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a dam there restricting the flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't run either as fast as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGuess that river and I have grown old[/tab]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Third Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's strange in returning to places of youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt seems your memory has made a mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCause the place that once scared you with white water running[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHas been turned by decree to a lake[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMakes me think about how too I smoothed out the wrinkles[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade the waters as calm as you please[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMakes me think about how that river and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWere both happier when we ran free[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the river's not running as fast as it did[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a dam there restricting the flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't run either as fast as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Fsus4[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGuess that river and I have grown old[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGuess that river and I have grown old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nF Am Bb C   F Am Bb C   F Am Bb C    F Am Bb C\n\n\n[First Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Am  Bb  C   F Am Bb C\n\n\n[Second Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n Am Bb C  F Am Bb C\n\n\n[Third Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm Bb 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