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The River

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No capo but feel free to use one to suit your voice!
INTRO: AEAEA
Eclose your Beyes Enow and see the world
Aclose your Emind and you will learn
A'cause all this chopped Etree will surely burnA  
Enow you know we're all on a path and I hope you learn
Anooo Eoh
nah noo
Asit down by the Eriver     Band you will Dbmfind, now
Athat you're no biEgger, no
Bthan what you Dbmare inside
na na nBoo
Asit down by the Eriver     Band you will Dbmfind, now
Athat you're no bEigger tBhan the birds that fly
A E
Acontrol your Abmmind now cause it's F#mstarting to burnE  
Aslowly Abmaching F#mwith every turnE  
Ait's winding Dbmdown
F#mit slowly Ebreaks
Asaid I'm chopping Ewood now now Band carrEying my weight
nah noo
Asit down by the Eriver     Band you will Dbmfind, now
Athat you're no biEgger, no
Bthan what you Dbmare inside
na na nBoo
Asit down by the Eriver     Band you will Dbmfind, now
Athat you're no bEigger tBhan the birds that fly
Dbmyeah na Bna no
Ayeah na Enoh
yeah na
Dmb  B   A  E  
DbmSo don't forget Bwhat you know
Ait's a short lived life, Elive it so
Dbmcause one mans Bdirt is one mans gold
Abut we can sit and watch the Eflowers as they unfold
      Dbm     ByAeah yeahE  
Dmb                                    A
cause the sun does burn and the sea is cold
but we're all in the Esame rowing Dbmboat
Band we trying to get Aalong
sit down by the Eriver Band you will Dbmfind
Ayou're no Ebigger, no
Bthan what you are inDbmside
Bna na noo
Asit down by the Eriver
yeah Boh oh
and you will Dbmfind, nowB  
Athat you're no Ebigger
Bwhat you are inDbmside
na na Bnoo
Asit down by the Eriver
ooBoh 
and you will Dbmfind, nowB  
Athat you're no Ebigger 
Bthan the birds that fly
A E B
Ejust take a walk inAside
Ejust take a walk inside
ENJOY :)

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Open

O221OO

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Skill · find home

E major

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The River

by Sam Garrett

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dbm

Abm

F#m

No capo but feel free to use one to suit your voice!

INTRO: AEAEA

E B E

close your eyes now and see the world

A E

close your mind and you will learn

A E A

'cause all this chopped tree will surely burn

now you know we're all on a path and I hope you learn

A E

nooo oh

nah noo

A E B Dbm

sit down by the river and you will find, now

A E

that you're no bigger, no

B Dbm

than what you are inside

na na noo

A E B Dbm

sit down by the river and you will find, now

A E B

that you're no bigger than the birds that fly

A E

A Abm F#m E

control your mind now cause it's starting to burn

A Abm F#m E

slowly aching with every turn

A Dbm

it's winding down

F#m E

it slowly breaks

A E B E

said I'm chopping wood now now and carrying my weight

nah noo

A E B Dbm

sit down by the river and you will find, now

A E

that you're no bigger, no

B Dbm

than what you are inside

na na noo

A E B Dbm

sit down by the river and you will find, now

A E B

that you're no bigger than the birds that fly

Dbm B

yeah na na no

A E

yeah na noh

yeah na

B A E

Dmb

Dbm B

So don't forget what you know

A E

it's a short lived life, live it so

Dbm B

cause one mans dirt is one mans gold

A E

but we can sit and watch the flowers as they unfold

Dbm B A E

yeah yeah

Dmb A

cause the sun does burn and the sea is cold

E Dbm

but we're all in the same rowing boat

B A

and we trying to get along

E B Dbm

sit down by the river and you will find

A E

you're no bigger, no

B Dbm

than what you are inside

na na noo

A E

sit down by the river

yeah oh oh

Dbm B

and you will find, now

A E

that you're no bigger

B Dbm

what you are inside

na na noo

A E

sit down by the river

oooh

Dbm B

and you will find, now

A E

that you're no bigger

than the birds that fly

A E B

E A

just take a walk inside

ENJOY :)

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