The River chords by Dan Fogelberg

Chords with lyrics

Dan Fogelberg - The River


CAPO: 3rd Fret


INTRO: A minorAm G+G FF G+G (3x) A minorAm

   G+G     FF  G+G A minorAm
I was born by a river
    G+G   FF  G+G A minorAm
Rolling past a town
   G+G    FF  G+G A minorAm
Given no direction
       G+G    FF     DmDm
Just told to keep my head down
        A minorAm  G+G DmDm
As I took my position
       A minorAm G+G DmDm
A augmentedA man fired a gun
            A minorAm    G+G     FF G+G
I was so steeped in tradition I could not run

Lead Break: A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm


   G+G      FF  G+G A minorAm
I was raised by a river
    G+G    FF  G+G A minorAm
Weaned upon the sky
      G+G       FF   G+G A minorAm
And in the mirror of the waters
       G+G    FF  DmDm
I saw myself learn to cry
           A minorAm  G+G DmDm
As the tears hit the surface
          A minorAm G+G DmDm
I saw what had been done
         A minorAm     G+G   FF G+G
I gave feet to my freedom and I did run


Lead Break: A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF


G+G    A minorAm  G+G FF
Someday later
     G+G       A minorAm  G+G FF
I saw the writing in the dust
      G+G      A minorAm   G+G FF
It told me how I should travel
      G+G   A minorAm G+G FF  G+G
It told me who I was

Lead Break: A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm


   G+G      FF  G+G A minorAm
I ran far from the river
    G+G    FF  G+G A minorAm
Far as I could see
      G+G     FF    G+G A minorAm
And as the sun hit my shoulders
     G+G    FF  DmDm FF DmDm
I felt it burning me
           A minorAm G+G DmDm
How I longed for the waters
      A minorAm G+G DmDm
As the fire raged
           A minorAm    G+G FF G+G
How I longed for the river as I aged


Lead Break: A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm


    G+G    FF  G+G A minorAm
I will die by a river
   G+G   FF  G+G A minorAm
As it rolls away
   G+G     FF     G+G A minorAm
Bury me in the night time
    G+G     FF  DmDm
Do not waste the day
        A minorAm G+G DmDm
High above the waters
          A minorAm G+G DmDm
That roll on to the sea
         A minorAm     G+G    FF A minorAm
All the angels in heaven will laugh at me
     G+G    FF A minorAm
They will laugh at me
     G+G    FF
They will laugh at me
     G+G    A minorAm
They will laugh at me


Lead Break: G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G A minorAm

      G+G      FF   G+G A minorAm
My life was naught but a river
    G+G     FF    G+G A minorAm
Rolling through my brain
      G+G  FF      G+G A minorAm
Made of so many teardrops
      G+G  A minorAm G+G FF