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Riverside

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"Riverside" - by John Gorka from "Old Futures Gone" 2003
Capo on 1st fret if you want to match the key of the recording...  
CTime is a river Emwith no riverside
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DmSpace a Dm/Csea that Ghas no tG7ide
CI can’t get across, no Emit’s too wide
DmIf you have Dm/Cloved then Gyou have cried
We are dust that was made in stars
Now we roll off to work in cars
When we were young we spilled our dreams in bars
Now we clean up the mess
A little bit of thought can make a lot of sense
And every little day can make a difference
Yes I’m speaking in the present tense
Where my faults and seams wear through
I can be more than, than a little dense
You’re gonna get splinters if you ride that fence
I do like the way the river bends
When it flows back to you
We called it gravy, never called it sauce
Better learn something if love gets lost
How hard the hurt, how high the cost
How all the smooth goes to rough
Time is a river with no riverside
Space a sea that has no tide
I can’t get across, no it’s too wide
If you have loved then you have cried

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Riverside

by John Gorka

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm/C

"Riverside" - by John Gorka from "Old Futures Gone" 2003

Capo on 1st fret if you want to match the key of the recording...

C Em

Time is a river with no riverside

x30231

Dm Dm/C G G7

Space a sea that has no tide

C Em

I can’t get across, no it’s too wide

Dm Dm/C G

If you have loved then you have cried

We are dust that was made in stars

Now we roll off to work in cars

When we were young we spilled our dreams in bars

Now we clean up the mess

A little bit of thought can make a lot of sense

And every little day can make a difference

Yes I’m speaking in the present tense

Where my faults and seams wear through

I can be more than, than a little dense

You’re gonna get splinters if you ride that fence

I do like the way the river bends

When it flows back to you

We called it gravy, never called it sauce

Better learn something if love gets lost

How hard the hurt, how high the cost

How all the smooth goes to rough

Time is a river with no riverside

Space a sea that has no tide

I can’t get across, no it’s too wide

If you have loved then you have cried

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