Black River chords by Matt Hires

Chords with lyrics

This riff can be played in some parts of the song.
Riff 1::
e|---------|
BB|---------|
G+G|---------|
D MajorD|---------|
A augmentedA|---------|
E MajorE|--3\2p0--|


Intro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD x2

Verse 1:
E minorEm        G+G
 I was born in a ghost town
C majorC         G+G
 Chains rattling, suffocating
E minorEm        G+G
 I was born in a ghost town where they don’t
C majorC     G+G
 Raise the dead

Verse 2:
E minorEm         G+G
 Somewhere in Minnesota
C majorC        G+G
 Snow covered in grey, light breaking
E minorEm           G+G
 In the streets of the city where they don’t
C majorC     G+G
 Raise the dead

Riff 1:

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC           G+G
 So take all that’s left of my love
      D MajorD
And give my body to the river
E minorEm  C majorC           G+G
 Take all that’s left of my love
      D MajorD
And take my body to the river

E minorEm G+G D MajorD x2

Verse 3:
E minorEm          G+G
 Give me something to lean on
C majorC           G+G
 Give me something to hold my head up
E minorEm         G+G
 Get me out of the cycle
          C majorC   G+G
That’s dirtied down in disgust

Riff 1:

Verse 4:
E minorEm          G+G
 But maybe I’m just a patsy
C majorC           G+G
 Maybe the whole damn thing’s a set up
E minorEm               G+G
 ‘Cause if there's not starting over
     C majorC   G+G
All we already dust?

Riff 1:

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC           G+G
 So take all that’s left of my love
      D MajorD
And give my body to the river
E minorEm  C majorC           G+G
 Take all that’s left of my love
      D MajorD
And take my body to the river

Bridge:
G+G
 Watching over me
E minorEm
 Watching over me
A minorAm
 I’m going under and it’s
C majorC
 Taking hold of me

Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G
Oh ohhh
C majorC   D MajorD
Ooh oh oh

E minorEm G+G
Oh ohhh
C majorC   D MajorD
Ooh oh oh

Verse 5:
E minorEm       G+G
 It was only a glimmer
C majorC        G+G
 Flashing over a black horizon
E minorEm       G+G
 It was only a glimmer
       C majorC     G+G
But it could raise the dead

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC           G+G
 So take all that’s left of my love
       D MajorD
(And give my body to the river)
E minorEm  C majorC           G+G
 Take all that’s left of my love
       D MajorD
(And take my body to the river)

Chorus:
E minorEm   C majorC           G+G
So take all that’s left of my love
       D MajorD
(And give my body to the river)
E minorEm  C majorC           G+G
Take all that’s left of my love
      D MajorD       G+G