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Intro E-A- Bx4                                                   C  
Chorus                                                           CV1
         E-A-              B  E-A-                                B  C  
I have a river, a river of life,                                 B  
         E-A-                            B  E-A-                  BV2
Flowing inside of me, and it never runs dry.                     C  
         E-A-                 B  E-A-                             B  B  
I have a treasure, a glorious prize,                             B  
              E-A-                    B  E  
The Spirit of God in me, in abundant supply.
Verse 1
C#mJesus, You Bare my living wAater,
C#mAnd I'll never Aneed what this world oBffers.
ESo I wAill reBjoice,
EFor You have Amade me Bglad.
C#mI want this Bworld  tAo want what I hBsusave.B  
Verse 2
Spirit of God, my source of power.
You've given more, than I could ask for.
So I will rejoice,
For You have made me glad.
I want this world to want what I have.
Bridge (Lightly Picked)
EHallelujah, AHallelujah
BHallelu, You are the riEver

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I Have A River

by Billy James Foote

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

Bsus

E A B C

Intro -- x4

Chorus V1

E A B E A B C

-- --

I have a river, a river of life,

E A B E A B

-- -- V2

Flowing inside of me, and it never runs dry.

E A B E A B B

-- --

I have a treasure, a glorious prize,

E A B E

The Spirit of God in me, in abundant supply.

Verse 1

C#m B A

Jesus, You are my living water,

C#m A B

And I'll never need what this world offers.

E A B

So I will rejoice,

E A B

For You have made me glad.

C#m B A Bsus B

I want this world to want what I have.

Verse 2

Spirit of God, my source of power.

You've given more, than I could ask for.

So I will rejoice,

For You have made me glad.

I want this world to want what I have.

Bridge (Lightly Picked)

E A

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

B E

Hallelu, You are the river

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