River chords by Bonnie Montgomery

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Intro:

G+G  Am7Am7  C majorC D MajorD G+G


♫ Chorus:
 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, shining in the sun like a diamond
 C majorC         G/BG/B    A minorAm       G+G
Running through my veins like lightning, big river

 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, calling out my name in the nighttime
 C majorC   G/BG/B   A minorAm        G+G
River running wild and rolling free

♫ Verse:
   G+G            Am7Am7 A minorAm
Mama said, “don’t climb that tree”
     C majorC     B minorBm   A minorAm   G+G
But the river kept callin' out to me

      G+G         A minorAm
And then I climbed, I climbed so high
 C majorC    D MajorD      G+G
Just to see my river shine


♫ Pre-Chorus:
       E minorEm         G+G
And when you roll, ya sing hallelujah
       E minorEm              G+G
Your water flows, through Memphis, Tennessee

   A minorAm       E minorEm
And I see your water shining
    A minorAm        D MajorD
And I feel you running free


♫ Chorus:
 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, shining in the sun like a diamond
 C majorC         G/BG/B    A minorAm       G+G
Running through my veins like lightning, big river

 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, calling out my name in the nighttime
 C majorC   G/BG/B   A minorAm        G+G
River running wild and rolling free

♫ Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G

G+G  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm  G+G


♫ Verse:
      G+G            A minorAm
The river rolls, she rolls on everyday
     C majorC     B minorBm     A minorAm   G+G
And she knows the things she cannot say

     G+G          A minorAm
And she sees all the seasons fly
 C majorC   D MajorD         G+G
All across the tides of time


♫ Pre-Chorus:
       E minorEm          G+G
And when she rolls, she sings hallelujah
      E minorEm              G+G
And water flows, through Memphis, Tennessee

   A minorAm       E minorEm
And I see her water shining
    A minorAm        D MajorD
And I feel you running free


♫ Chorus:
 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, shining in the sun like a diamond
 C majorC         G/BG/B    A minorAm       G+G
Running through my veins like lightning, big river

 G+G   C majorC       G/BG/B     A minorAm
River, calling out my name in the nighttime
 C majorC   G/BG/B   A minorAm        G+G
River running wild and rolling free


♫ Outro:
C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm
Na na na na na
C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm    G+G
Na na na na na ah ah ah

G+G         C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm
 Na na na na na na na
    C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm    G+G
Na na naaaaaaaaaa na na naaaaa

 G+G        C majorC   G/BG/B  A minorAm
Ooooh ooh ooh ooh na na na na na
      C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm   G+G
Na na na na na na na na na

{And the river)