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Love Like A River

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 73Position: 7

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Standard tuning EADGBe
(no guitar)               Em-   Em7   A- A7  
My love   is like   a river,
                              D- Dsus2  
She just keeps on  rolling along
                                          Em-   Em7   A- A7  
No man  ever can  keep that girl   from moving on
                                      D- Dsus2  
Easy as she comes by,  easy as she's gone
Get down,  real down,  crying how   I love that girl,
She's as free as heaven   on  a breeze
Lay my  burden down,  down by   the river's edge,
There I learned to let my   lover be
Guitar solo:
E|-----------Em7------------------------A7----|
B|---------- b-----b---------------------|
G|-----7---7-9----11-9---------9---------|
D|-7-9---9-------------12-9-12-----9-----|
A|-----------------------------------12--|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|---D----------------------Dsus2-----------------------D------|
B|--b----12-10----10----10------------------------------|
G|-11-11-------11----11----11-9-11-9------9-------------|
D|-----------------------------------12-9---12-9-12-/-0-|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------Em7----------------A7---|
B|-------------b---7-b---------b--|
G|-7-----7-----9-----9---7---7-9--|
D|---9-7---9-7-------------9------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
E|---b----10---Em7----------------A7-------D----------------------Dsus2-----------------------D|
B|--12-12----12-10-12-10-12-10----10-12--------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------11-------11---11-11-9---------10-10-10-9-12-9-12-12-|
D|---------------------------------------------------12-9-12-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[organ solo + vocal background]
And don't you know I'd hold you (hold you, oh yeah)
If I could find a way, (oh yeah, oh yeah)
If I could only catch you, (oooh, catch you, oh yeah)
If you would only stay. (stay, stay)
And don't you know I want you, (want you, want you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, stay (stay, yeah)
If I could only love you, (love me)
But girl you keep on running away, running away, running away
Oooh no (yeah)
My love is like a rivA7er

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Love Like A River

by Girls

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Dsus2

Standard tuning EADGBe

Em Em7 A A7

(no guitar) - -

My love is like a river,

D Dsus2

She just keeps on rolling along

Em Em7 A A7

- -

No man ever can keep that girl from moving on

D Dsus2

Easy as she comes by, easy as she's gone

Get down, real down, crying how I love that girl,

She's as free as heaven on a breeze

Lay my burden down, down by the river's edge,

There I learned to let my lover be

Guitar solo:

Em7 A7

E|---------------------------------------|

B|---------- b-----b---------------------|

G|-----7---7-9----11-9---------9---------|

D|-7-9---9-------------12-9-12-----9-----|

A|-----------------------------------12--|

E|---------------------------------------|

D Dsus2 D

E|------------------------------------------------------|

B|--b----12-10----10----10------------------------------|

G|-11-11-------11----11----11-9-11-9------9-------------|

D|-----------------------------------12-9---12-9-12-/-0-|

A|------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------|

Em7 A7

E|--------------------------------|

B|-------------b---7-b---------b--|

G|-7-----7-----9-----9---7---7-9--|

D|---9-7---9-7-------------9------|

A|--------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------|

Em7 A7 D Dsus2 D

E|---b----10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--12-12----12-10-12-10-12-10----10-12--------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------11-------11---11-11-9---------10-10-10-9-12-9-12-12-|

D|---------------------------------------------------12-9-12-----------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[organ solo + vocal background]

And don't you know I'd hold you (hold you, oh yeah)

If I could find a way, (oh yeah, oh yeah)

If I could only catch you, (oooh, catch you, oh yeah)

If you would only stay. (stay, stay)

And don't you know I want you, (want you, want you)

Baby, baby, baby, baby, stay (stay, yeah)

If I could only love you, (love me)

But girl you keep on running away, running away, running away

Oooh no (yeah)

My love is like a river

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