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Kyla La Grange - The River
Throughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so 
easy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find 
it sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either 
way, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.
-INTRO-
C (4 bars)
-VERSE-
CWhen I was 10 years old I alwayFs needed to be tolGdC  
That I should not be frightened Fby the fact that we grow olGdC  
AmBut as the days slipped by I felt Fthe pressing need Gto cryC  
And I quiAmckly understood exaFctly why they'd had Gto lieC  
CIn the daylight I could cope, becaFuse the sun seemed full of GhopeC  
I laughed enough for two grown meFn and learnt I could tell jokesG  C  
But saAmdness has a subtle Fface and then it came tGo gloatC  
We heaAmrd about the girl and Fboy hung by their skipping GropeC  
-CHORUS-
Isn't it toAmo hard to GconCceive
Doesn't it bring Amyou to your Gknees?C  
And all AmI GwaFnt to do C  
is to flAmoat with the river Gso free.C  
Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists
It crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists
Death will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss
But fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss
And I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood
A place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good
But life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind
Now he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear
But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears
And he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing
These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
So everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold
Lying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old
And maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song
Just hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free

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The River

by Kyla La Grange

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Kyla La Grange - The River

Throughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so

easy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find

it sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either

way, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.

-INTRO-

C (4 bars)

-VERSE-

C F G C

When I was 10 years old I always needed to be told

F G C

That I should not be frightened by the fact that we grow old

Am F G C

But as the days slipped by I felt the pressing need to cry

Am F G C

And I quickly understood exactly why they'd had to lie

C F G C

In the daylight I could cope, because the sun seemed full of hope

F G C

I laughed enough for two grown men and learnt I could tell jokes

Am F G C

But sadness has a subtle face and then it came to gloat

Am F G C

We heard about the girl and boy hung by their skipping rope

-CHORUS-

Am G C

Isn't it too hard to conceive

Am G C

Doesn't it bring you to your knees?

Am G F C

And all I want to do

Am G C

is to float with the river so free.

Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists

It crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists

Death will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss

But fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss

And I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood

A place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good

But life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind

Now he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night

Isn't it too hard to conceive

Doesn't it bring you to your knees

And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear

But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears

And he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing

These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything

Isn't it too hard to conceive

Doesn't it bring you to your knees

And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

So everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold

Lying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old

And maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song

Just hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone

Isn't it too hard to conceive

Doesn't it bring you to your knees

And all I want to do is to float with the river so free

Isn't it too hard to conceive

Doesn't it bring you to your knees

And all I want to do

Is to float with the river so free

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