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The River

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[Intro]
F G Am
F G Em
F G Am
F
[Chorus]
C F D Am C
F D Am Em
Follow your hearFt to the waDter
AmFill your pockets with Cstone
FThrow your Darms around Amme
CNever let me go
[Verse]
EmYou were the first, Amyou wouldn't be the last
EmWhat the river took, Amwe could never replace
FAnd as the pain set in Dso did the realisation
AmYou were never coming Chome
FFor nights we Dlay awake
AmWishing for answers, Choping against all hope
FAnd if love could cDhange the course of fate
AmThese nights, Cwe move mountains
FBut as the news filtered Ddown the line, Amthe impact shook us
CShook us to the core
FLoss struck Dlike a dagger in Amour aching Chearts
[Chorus]
So follow your hFeart to the Dwater
AmFill your pockets with Cstone
FThrow your Darms around Amme
CNever let me go
C F D C F G
C F D C F G
[Verse]
AmIt's not the years in your Emlife,
AmIt's not the years in your Emlife,
AmIt's not the years in your Flife,
Dit's the life in your Cyears
FOld soul, Dso it's said
AmThe day we lost is the Cday I found regret
FNot in the waters Dthat embraced you
AmBut in the wake your Cabsence left
   Am  CSink into Gme
   Am  CSink into Gme
[Outro]
F Am C D Am D
F C G Am
FHold out your Ghands, Amsink into me
FHold out your Emhands, AmI'll take you awayEm  
FHold out your Ghands, Amsink into meEm  Am  
FHold out your hands, GI'll take you awaAmy
AmHold out your hands, Csink Aminto Gme
AmHold out your hands, CI'll take you Gaway
FHold out your hands, Gsink into me
AmHold out your hands, CI'll take you away
FHold out your hands, Gsurrender the Amweight of this Cworld
[Chorus]
Follow your hearFt to the waDter
AmFill your pockets with Cstone
FThrow your Darms around Cme
Follow your hearFt to the waGter
AmFill your pockets with Cstone
FThrow your Darms around Amme
CNever let me go
F D Am C F D Am C
F G Am C
NevFer let Gme go Am  

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The River

by Parkway Drive

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

F G Am

F G Em

F G Am

[Chorus]

C F D Am C

F D Am Em

F D

Follow your heart to the water

Am C

Fill your pockets with stone

F D Am

Throw your arms around me

Never let me go

[Verse]

Em Am

You were the first, you wouldn't be the last

Em Am

What the river took, we could never replace

F D

And as the pain set in so did the realisation

Am C

You were never coming home

F D

For nights we lay awake

Am C

Wishing for answers, hoping against all hope

F D

And if love could change the course of fate

Am C

These nights, we move mountains

F D Am

But as the news filtered down the line, the impact shook us

Shook us to the core

F D Am C

Loss struck like a dagger in our aching hearts

[Chorus]

F D

So follow your heart to the water

Am C

Fill your pockets with stone

F D Am

Throw your arms around me

Never let me go

C F D C F G

[Verse]

Am Em

It's not the years in your life,

Am Em

It's not the years in your life,

Am F

It's not the years in your life,

D C

it's the life in your years

F D

Old soul, so it's said

Am C

The day we lost is the day I found regret

F D

Not in the waters that embraced you

Am C

But in the wake your absence left

Am C G

Sink into me

Am C G

Sink into me

[Outro]

F Am C D Am D

F C G Am

F G Am

Hold out your hands, sink into me

F Em Am Em

Hold out your hands, I'll take you away

F G Am Em Am

Hold out your hands, sink into me

F G Am

Hold out your hands, I'll take you away

Am C Am G

Hold out your hands, sink into me

Am C G

Hold out your hands, I'll take you away

F G

Hold out your hands, sink into me

Am C

Hold out your hands, I'll take you away

F G Am C

Hold out your hands, surrender the weight of this world

[Chorus]

F D

Follow your heart to the water

Am C

Fill your pockets with stone

F D C

Throw your arms around me

F G

Follow your heart to the water

Am C

Fill your pockets with stone

F D Am

Throw your arms around me

Never let me go

F D Am C F D Am C

F G Am C

F G Am

Never let me go

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