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River

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Standard Tuning - No Capo
The chords I have for the intro come in after the hi-hat. It's about 4 seconds in 
It may seem suspicious that I virtually have only two chords, but they're really 
errors I found but a couple words are a little hard to make out.
[Intro - 0:04]  C,  FX2
COut across cities I see buildings burn into piles
And Fwatch the world in wonder as mountains turn into tiles
And treeCs losing their leaves and their faces becoming tired
I Fwish I could discover something that doesn't expire
Come and Cstumble me
[Chorus]
 CTake me river carry me far
 FLead me river like a mother
 CTake me over to some other Funknown
Pull me in the undertoCw
CSuch are the things that make a kingdom rumble and shatter
The Fsame dynamic that another day would never matter
It Creally just depends on who's giving and who's receiving
And Fthings that don't make sense are always a little deceiving
Come and Ghumble mFe
[Chorus]
 CTake me river carry me far
 FLead me river like a mother
 CTake me over to some other Funknown
Pull me in the undertoCw
I Amwanna go Fwhere you're Cgoing
A Amfollower following
FChanging but never changed
GClaiming but never claiFmed
[Chorus]
 CTake me river carry me far
 FLead me river like a mother
 CTake me over to some other Funknown
Pull me in the undertow
 CTake me river carry me far
 FLead me river like a mother
 CTake me over to some other Funknown
Pull me in the undertow
 CTake me river carry me far
 FLead me river like a mother
 CTake me over to some other Funknown
Pull me in the undertoCw

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River

by Lights

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard Tuning - No Capo

The chords I have for the intro come in after the hi-hat. It's about 4 seconds in

It may seem suspicious that I virtually have only two chords, but they're really

errors I found but a couple words are a little hard to make out.

C F

[Intro - 0:04] , X2

Out across cities I see buildings burn into piles

And watch the world in wonder as mountains turn into tiles

And trees losing their leaves and their faces becoming tired

I wish I could discover something that doesn't expire

Come and stumble me

[Chorus]

Take me river carry me far

Lead me river like a mother

C F

Take me over to some other unknown

Pull me in the undertow

Such are the things that make a kingdom rumble and shatter

The same dynamic that another day would never matter

It really just depends on who's giving and who's receiving

And things that don't make sense are always a little deceiving

G F

Come and humble me

[Chorus]

Take me river carry me far

Lead me river like a mother

C F

Take me over to some other unknown

Pull me in the undertow

Am F C

I wanna go where you're going

A follower following

Changing but never changed

G F

Claiming but never claimed

[Chorus]

Take me river carry me far

Lead me river like a mother

C F

Take me over to some other unknown

Pull me in the undertow

Take me river carry me far

Lead me river like a mother

C F

Take me over to some other unknown

Pull me in the undertow

Take me river carry me far

Lead me river like a mother

C F

Take me over to some other unknown

Pull me in the undertow

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