River Alone chords by Caitlin Canty

Intro:
Am D  x2


Verse 1:

   Am             F           Em            G                 D          G         Am
No sound of a dog bark, only distant hum of cars and wind and dry leaves falling


                      F                    Em           G
Where the light falls slant, she holds the river in her hands


  D                         Dm                     Am
November hits the ground, a blanket of yellow and brown

                   F                Em           G
The rushing of the water drowns out birdsong and highway sound


      Dm                        Am
She's wringing out sun-drenched hair



Chorus 1:

               G      D      Am
Find her by the river alone


             G      D           Am
She turns to water, he turns to stone


      C          G        Am
Stars above her, how they shone


         G
Watching over



Instrumental:
Am D  x2


Verse 2:

    Am                   F                 Em
The current pulls at her bare feet and her legs


          G
Up come a cool breeze


    D                    G       Am
The arched trees bend in closer watching


            Am           F                   Em
She let the wind run his fingers through her hair


            G             Am
She let the sun touch her skin


      D     Am
Young brown golden



Chorus 2:

                    G     D      Am
He found her by the river alone


             G       D            Am
She turned to water, he turned to stone


      C          G        Am
Stars above her, how they shone


         G
Watching over



Instrumental:
D  Am   F   Em   G   D  G   Am


Verse 3:

        Am            F                      Em
Driving rain at night holds its breath under bridges


         G            D                  G             Am
The road hisses as he slows to leave the highway


                      F                 Em         G
Streetlights shine on power lines, rain hangs like diamonds


                 D              Am
A necklace for a heavy sky on a windless night



Chorus 2:

                    G     D      Am
He found her by the river alone


             G       D            Am
She turned to water, he turned to stone


      C          G        Am
Stars above her, how they shone


         G
Watching over



Verse 4:

Am                F
Blue smoke in the backyard


Em                     G
Snaking high above the barn


     D                G        D
Cold blanket of stars pulls in closer


    Am
The colder they are



Outro:
D Am