River chords by Patty Griffin

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

C F


Chorus 1:

               C    F
Isn't she a river?
                      C
She doesn'??t need a diamond to shine
                  C       F
You can't really have her
                    C           F
But you can hold her for a time

          Bb
Takes an army just to bend her
  F                           C
Be careful where you send her
                                 Bb
You can't hold her back for long
                 F           C
The river is just too strong
               F
She'??s a river


Verse 1:

                  C     F
Arms made out of silver
           C
Moving in a crooked line
                      F
Carrying some dreamer
             C
Off into the end of time

Bb
You don't need to save her
   F
Or teach her to behave
             C        Bb
Just let her arms unwind
             F
Ever-changing and undefined
C
She's a river


Bridge:

        Bb
You can ride her easy when she's slow
F
Walk across her when she's low
C
Follow wherever she goes
 C
She's a river

 Bb
Run for cover when she's mad
   F
Drown in her tears when things are bad
 C
Don't you ever forget it that
 C
She's a river

Bb   F    C
Oooh ooh ooh
Bb   F    C
Oooh ooh ooh


Chorus 2:

            C      F
Isn'??t she a river?
                      C
She doesn'??t need a diamond to shine
                 C        F
So people call you clever
                   C
But she's been a here a long, long time

          Bb
And she's seen so many faces
    F
And places down the line
           C
She's been left for dead a million times

Keeps coming home, arms open wide
 Bb                   F
Ever-changing and undefined


Outro:

C
She's a river
Bb  F   C
Oh, oh she's a river
Bb   F    C
Oooh ooh ooh
C
She's a river