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Here Comes The River

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[Chords]
       Am7  Am7*                D              G  C*                Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 0         3          2        3            0            0        0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0
 1         1          3        3            1            0        0 -- 3 -- 1 -- 0
 0         0          2        0            0            0        0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0
 2         2          0        0            2            2        2 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0
 0         0          x        2            3            3        3 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2
 x         x          x        3            x            x        x -- x -- x -- 0
[Verse 1]
                            Am7  Am7*
The windows turned to fishbowls
 DThe city to seas
                                G  C*          Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 The cars were drowning underneath your feet
                            Am7  Am7*
 The children were swimming
 DFrom the top of the trees
                                          G  C*          Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 Crowds of umbrellas were staring in misbelief
                            Am7  Am7*
 Well mary kept sewing
 DHolding on to her TV
                               G  C*           Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 Even if the water was rising past her knees
[Chorus]
                            Am7  Am7*
 Here comes the river
 DComing on strong
                                          G  C*             Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 And you can't keep your head above these troubled waters
                            Am7  Am7*
 Here comes the river
 DOver the flames
 GSometimes you got to burn to keep the sCtorm away
 Am7Sometimes
 DSometimes you got to just
[Interlude]
Same chords as the introduction
[Verse 2 - Same chords as above or drop the changes as the piano plays the same riff over and over]
[Riff]
e|---x--3--x--x--x-|     or the octave up      e|-----x--15--x---x---x--|
B|-0h3--x--3--0--3-|                           B|-12h15--x---15--12--15-|
G|-----------------|                           G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|                           D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------|                           A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|                           E|-----------------------|
 Am7Nobody told you that
 DIt was going to be this hard
 GSomething's been building beChind your eyes
 Am7You lost what you hold onto
 DYou're losing control
 GThere ain't any words in this world that's gonna cure Cthis pain
Am7Sometimes Dit's going to fall down on your Gshoulders
But you're going to Cstand through it all
[Repeat Chorus]
                            Am7  Am7*
 Here comes the river
 DComing on strong
                                          G  C*             Cmaj7Cmaj7/B-thing
 And you can't keep your head above these troubled waters
                            Am7  Am7*
 Here comes the river
 DOver the flames
 GSometimes you got to burn to keep the sCtorm away
 Am7Sometimes
 DSometimes you got to just
************************************
| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
************************************

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Here Comes The River

by Patrick Watson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Cmaj7

[Chords]

Am7 Am7 D G C Cmaj7

* * Cmaj7/B-thing

0 3 2 3 0 0 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

1 1 3 3 1 0 0 -- 3 -- 1 -- 0

0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

2 2 0 0 2 2 2 -- 0 -- 0 -- 0

0 0 x 2 3 3 3 -- 2 -- 2 -- 2

x x x 3 x x x -- x -- x -- 0

[Verse 1]

Am7 Am7

The windows turned to fishbowls

The city to seas

G C Cmaj7

* Cmaj7/B-thing

The cars were drowning underneath your feet

Am7 Am7

The children were swimming

From the top of the trees

G C Cmaj7

* Cmaj7/B-thing

Crowds of umbrellas were staring in misbelief

Am7 Am7

Well mary kept sewing

Holding on to her TV

G C Cmaj7

* Cmaj7/B-thing

Even if the water was rising past her knees

[Chorus]

Am7 Am7

Here comes the river

Coming on strong

G C Cmaj7

* Cmaj7/B-thing

And you can't keep your head above these troubled waters

Am7 Am7

Here comes the river

Over the flames

G C

Sometimes you got to burn to keep the storm away

Am7

Sometimes

Sometimes you got to just

[Interlude]

Same chords as the introduction

[Verse 2 - Same chords as above or drop the changes as the piano plays the same riff over and over]

[Riff]

e|---x--3--x--x--x-| or the octave up e|-----x--15--x---x---x--|

B|-0h3--x--3--0--3-| B|-12h15--x---15--12--15-|

G|-----------------| G|-----------------------|

D|-----------------| D|-----------------------|

A|-----------------| A|-----------------------|

E|-----------------| E|-----------------------|

Am7

Nobody told you that

It was going to be this hard

G C

Something's been building behind your eyes

Am7

You lost what you hold onto

You're losing control

G C

There ain't any words in this world that's gonna cure this pain

Am7 D G

Sometimes it's going to fall down on your shoulders

But you're going to stand through it all

[Repeat Chorus]

Am7 Am7

Here comes the river

Coming on strong

G C Cmaj7

* Cmaj7/B-thing

And you can't keep your head above these troubled waters

Am7 Am7

Here comes the river

Over the flames

G C

Sometimes you got to burn to keep the storm away

Am7

Sometimes

Sometimes you got to just

************************************

| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

************************************

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