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Mighty River

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Only the bass notes are played on the low E string in the attached version.
For more sound those can also be played as chords.
[Intro]
B
[Chorus]
BMighty river F#run, run, run awEay
And Bpick up all the F#fish on your Eway
BMighty river F#run, run, run through the Eday
And Bsave me from the F#great birds of prEey
I'm okF#ay now that I follow yEou
My Bheart shines a F#deep shade of Eblue
F#Know that I am closer now,
Know that I am closer now to Eyou, oh-a-F#oh
BMighty river F#run, run, run awEay
And Bpick up all the F#fish on your Eway
BMighty river F#run, run, run through the Eday
And Bsave me from the F#great birds of prEey
I'm okF#ay now that I follow yEou
My Bheart shines a F#deep shade of Eblue
F#Know that I am closer now,
Know that I am closer now to Eyou, oh-a-F#oh
[Bridge]
G#mHear me F#out for now
EEven though you've got to go
Even now you capture those astG#mray
Hear me F#now
I'm here and Eall I really want to say
Is never let imagination G#mfade
G#mHear me F#out for now
EEven though you've got to go
Even now you capture those astG#mray
Hear me F#now
I'm here and Eall I really want to say
Is never let imagination Estray
[Chorus]
(is N.C. officially but you can play the chords in brackets if you'd like)
            B(F#)           (E)
Mighty river run, run, run away
   (B)           (F#)           (E)
And pick up all the fish on your way
(B)        (F#)                       (E)
Mighty river run, run, run through the day
   (B)              (F#)             (E)
And save me from the great birds of prey
     (F#)                  (E)
I'm okay now that I follow you
My Bheart shines a F#deep shade of Eblue
F#Know that I am closer now,
Know that I am closer now to Eyou, oh-a-F#oh

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Mighty River

by Kawala

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

Only the bass notes are played on the low E string in the attached version.

For more sound those can also be played as chords.

[Intro]

[Chorus]

B F# E

Mighty river run, run, run away

B F# E

And pick up all the fish on your way

B F# E

Mighty river run, run, run through the day

B F# E

And save me from the great birds of prey

F# E

I'm okay now that I follow you

B F# E

My heart shines a deep shade of blue

Know that I am closer now,

E F#

Know that I am closer now to you, oh-a-oh

B F# E

Mighty river run, run, run away

B F# E

And pick up all the fish on your way

B F# E

Mighty river run, run, run through the day

B F# E

And save me from the great birds of prey

F# E

I'm okay now that I follow you

B F# E

My heart shines a deep shade of blue

Know that I am closer now,

E F#

Know that I am closer now to you, oh-a-oh

[Bridge]

G#m F#

Hear me out for now

Even though you've got to go

G#m

Even now you capture those astray

Hear me now

I'm here and all I really want to say

G#m

Is never let imagination fade

G#m F#

Hear me out for now

Even though you've got to go

G#m

Even now you capture those astray

Hear me now

I'm here and all I really want to say

Is never let imagination stray

[Chorus]

(is N.C. officially but you can play the chords in brackets if you'd like)

B F# E

() ()

Mighty river run, run, run away

B F# E

() () ()

And pick up all the fish on your way

B F# E

() () ()

Mighty river run, run, run through the day

B F# E

() () ()

And save me from the great birds of prey

F# E

() ()

I'm okay now that I follow you

B F# E

My heart shines a deep shade of blue

Know that I am closer now,

E F#

Know that I am closer now to you, oh-a-oh

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