Too Many Rivers

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Too Many Rivers:Brenda Lee.
#13 on CASH BOX and #15 on BB Hot 100
on BRUNSWICK Records in 1965.
CmFBbEb
INTRO:
#1.
Bb G C
I wish I could come back to you, dear,
Cm F Bb Eb F
cause I know that you want me to.
Bb G C
But too much water's run under that old bridge.
Cm F Bb
There's too many rivers between me and you.
CHORUS:
Gm7 Bb G Gm7 C
There's too many rivers to cross, dear.
Cm F Bb F
Too many dreams have been lost.
Dm7 Bb G
And there's too many long nights that I've
C
turned and tossed.
Cm F Bb Eb Bb F
There's too many rivers to cross.
#2.
Bb G C
Now, don't think for a moment, I blame only you.
Cm F Bb F Dm7
We both killed the fruit on the vine.
Bb G C
And when you try to put love back together,
Cm F Bb Eb Bb
there's always a few little pieces you can't find.
CHORUS:
Gm7 Bb G Gm7 C
There's too many rivers to cross, dear.
Cm F Bb F
Too many dreams have been lost.
Dm7 Bb G
And there's too many long nights that I've
C
turned and tossed.
Cm F Bb Eb Bb
There's too many rivers to cross.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Too Many Rivers:Brenda Lee.
#13 on CASH BOX and #15 on BB Hot 100
on BRUNSWICK Records in 1965.
INTRO: Cm F Bb Eb 
#1.
CHORUS:
#2.
CHORUS:
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Too Many Rivers Chords by Brenda Lee

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