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Back To The River

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Bm
If only my fBmeet could faDll as faGst as a heDart does
GI would be sDo long gonAe
But I'm stuBmck, Dstuck undeGr your thuDmb
GI canD't get uAp
I can't get uBmp,    D  GupD,    GI    Dcan't get uAp
If onlBmy my eyes cDould see as Ghigh as a mountaDin
GOr wherever yoDur heart's Agone
But I have faBmllen Don the bGank of this Driver
GI canD't get uAp
I can't get Bmup,   DuGp,    D  GI    Dcan't get uAp
 Bm       D      G      D     G     D      A
If only my hBmeart could Dspeak intGo this rivDer
GAnd you'd drDink me uAp
I could be fBmree of alDl these lGonesome shivDers
GI could givDe myself uAp 
(give myself Bmup)
WDe all go baGck to the rDiver
GWe will alDl come undonAe
And there yoBmu will be, Dmy love, with the Gfaintest tDouch
GAnd I will gDive myself Aup
BmGive myseDlf upG, upD  
GI will Dgive myselAf up 
repeat last two lines.

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Back To The River

by Lily & Madeleine

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Bm D G D

If only my feet could fall as fast as a heart does

G D A

I would be so long gone

Bm D G D

But I'm stuck, stuck under your thumb

G D A

I can't get up

Bm D G D G D A

I can't get up, up, I can't get up

Bm D G D

If only my eyes could see as high as a mountain

G D A

Or wherever your heart's gone

Bm D G D

But I have fallen on the bank of this river

G D A

I can't get up

Bm D G D G D A

I can't get up, up, I can't get up

Bm D G D G D A

Bm D G D

If only my heart could speak into this river

G D A

And you'd drink me up

Bm D G D

I could be free of all these lonesome shivers

G D A

I could give myself up

(give myself up)

D G D

We all go back to the river

G D A

We will all come undone

Bm D G D

And there you will be, my love, with the faintest touch

G D A

And I will give myself up

Bm D G D

Give myself up, up

G D A

I will give myself up

repeat last two lines.

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