River Waltz chords by Cowboy Junkies

Chords with lyrics

C majorC
I'm going to find me a dying river
and strike a deal with her I'll say,

   FF
I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away
   C majorC
to a place where your headwaters will flow
           G+G
clean through to your mouth.
  C majorC
In return I'll request a small sanctuary
    FF
by her banks where we will live
with our small family
     C majorC
she will water our garden
              G+G
and clean the dirt from our skin.
       FF
As the world clamours at our door
    G+G           C majorC
we will dance and not let them in.

  C majorC
And if one day we wake up to a bed dry as a bone
FF
find our river stolen find our sanctuary gone
    C majorC
we will stand and take stock and be grateful
          G+G
for what we've not lost.
    C majorC
We will pack up our bags, pack our small family
FF
head across the valley to where the aspen trees
C majorC
shiver as they ascend -
             G+G
the green hills rising to blue.
    FF              G+G
At the edge of the chopping we will turn
       C majorC
and bid fond adieu.

FF         C majorC
All that I know to true
           G+G
is the touch of your hand on my skin.
FF            C majorC
One look from you can so easily soothe
     G+G
all this turmoil within.
   DmDm
As we dance cheek to cheek
     A minorAm
with our feet so completely
C majorC            G+G
locked in a time all our own.
DmDm
I stop to speak
  A minorAm
but you gently keep me
C majorC           G+G
moving in time to the song.
     FF       C majorC      G+G
And in a voice that is sloppy with gin
            C majorC
you say, let the world spin.

I'm going to find me a dying river
and strike a deal with her I'll say,
   FF
I'll fold you in two and I'll carry you away
   C majorC
to a place where your headwaters will flow
           G+G
clean through to your mouth.
  C majorC
In return I'll request a small sanctuary
    FF
by her banks where we will live
with our small family
     C majorC
she will water our garden
              G+G
and clean the dirt from our skin.
       FF
As the world clamours at our door
    G+G           C majorC
we will dance and not let them in.

FF G+G C majorC