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Every River

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Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
[Intro]
G   D   Am   C
G   D   Am   C
[Verse]
Every Griver I try to Dcross
Every Amhill I try to Cclimb
Every Gocean I try to Dswim
Every Amroad I try to Cfind
You Gask me Emto
CBelieve in Gmagic
GExpect me to Emcommit
CSuicide of the Dheart
And you Gask me to Emplay
This Cgame without Gquestion
AmRaising the Cstakes on this
AmShotgun DrouletteD  
[Chorus]
Every Griver I try to Dcross
Every Amhill I try to Cclimb
Every Gocean I try to Dswim
Every Amroad I try to Cfind
All the Gways of my Dlife
I'd Emrather be with Cyou
There's no GwayD  
EmWithout Cyou
[Break]
G   D   Am   C
G   D   Am   C   C
[Verse]
You Gcame to Emme
CLike the ways of Gchildren
GSimple as Embreathing,
CEasy as Dair
Now the Gyears show no Emfear,
CLike the wind they pass Gover
AmLoved, Cforgiven,
AmWashed and DsavedD  
[Chorus]
Every Griver I try to Dcross
Every Amhill I try to Cclimb
Every Gocean I try to Dswim
Every Amroad I try to Cfind
All the Gways of my Dlife
I'd Emrather be with Cyou
There's no GwayD  
EmWithout Cyou

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Every River

by Runrig

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning: Standard

Capo 1

[Intro]

G D Am C

[Verse]

G D

Every river I try to cross

Am C

Every hill I try to climb

G D

Every ocean I try to swim

Am C

Every road I try to find

G Em

You ask me to

C G

Believe in magic

G Em

Expect me to commit

C D

Suicide of the heart

G Em

And you ask me to play

C G

This game without question

Am C

Raising the stakes on this

Am D D

Shotgun roulette

[Chorus]

G D

Every river I try to cross

Am C

Every hill I try to climb

G D

Every ocean I try to swim

Am C

Every road I try to find

G D

All the ways of my life

Em C

I'd rather be with you

G D

There's no way

Em C

Without you

[Break]

G D Am C

G D Am C C

[Verse]

G Em

You came to me

C G

Like the ways of children

G Em

Simple as breathing,

C D

Easy as air

G Em

Now the years show no fear,

C G

Like the wind they pass over

Am C

Loved, forgiven,

Am D D

Washed and saved

[Chorus]

G D

Every river I try to cross

Am C

Every hill I try to climb

G D

Every ocean I try to swim

Am C

Every road I try to find

G D

All the ways of my life

Em C

I'd rather be with you

G D

There's no way

Em C

Without you

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