River Waltz chords by Cowboy Junkies

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

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

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

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


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

F G C