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Damn The River

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Another Kiwi Indie Classic!
These are pretty straightforward chords. I'll try and work out and add in some of the different 
voicings later. 
Intro / Opening Riff:
BmPlaF#my thC#mis sF#mequence 4 times
Verse
BmDamn the river, its F#mwild ways
C#mTook my love and it F#mran away and I
BmFollowed through this F#mthought for days but I
C#mNever found a F#mthing
Chorus
But yEou, you will find me Dhere
Resting my hEead
And sleeping in a Driver bed
Repeat Intro sequence twice this time.
Bm F#m C#m F#m
Verse 2
BmDamn the river I'm F#mgivin' up
'Cause I've hC#mad it up to here with all this F#mnoise
And all you fucking Bmboys playing with your F#mtoys
Get so lC#moud that I just gotta leave the F#mroom
Chorus
But yEou, you will find me Dhere
Resting my hEead
And sleeping in a Driver bed
And yEou, you will find me Dhere
Resting my hEead
And sleeping in a Driver bed
Bridge / Outro
AAnd the static clatter
EOf the anti-matter
F#mThe pitter-patter of C#myour mind
I lie Bmawake
Trying to Etake
It all F#min

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Damn The River

by The Phoenix Foundation

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#m

Another Kiwi Indie Classic!

These are pretty straightforward chords. I'll try and work out and add in some of the different

voicings later.

Intro / Opening Riff:

Bm F#m C#m F#m

Play this sequence 4 times

Verse

Bm F#m

Damn the river, its wild ways

C#m F#m

Took my love and it ran away and I

Bm F#m

Followed through this thought for days but I

C#m F#m

Never found a thing

Chorus

E D

But you, you will find me here

Resting my head

And sleeping in a river bed

Repeat Intro sequence twice this time.

Bm F#m C#m F#m

Verse 2

Bm F#m

Damn the river I'm givin' up

C#m F#m

'Cause I've had it up to here with all this noise

Bm F#m

And all you fucking boys playing with your toys

C#m F#m

Get so loud that I just gotta leave the room

Chorus

E D

But you, you will find me here

Resting my head

And sleeping in a river bed

E D

And you, you will find me here

Resting my head

And sleeping in a river bed

Bridge / Outro

And the static clatter

Of the anti-matter

F#m C#m

The pitter-patter of your mind

I lie awake

Trying to take

F#m

It all in

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