River Run chords by James Keelaghan
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: E
Verse 1:
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
River of blue cut through the valley
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Swept past the willows and the sandy bar
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Ran so swift, locked in my mem'ry
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
But the way things were is not the way things are
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
We used to swim in the crook of its arm
E5 E/G# A2 E/G#
In the summer heat who could be blamed
F#m B5 E5 A2
Avoided the rapids as best as we could
F#m B5 E5
Never thought that that stream could be tamed
Instrumental:
B5 A2/C# B5 E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Verse 2:
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Long ago I gave up that riverside valley
E5 B5 A2/C# B5 F#m
Traded coulees for towers of steel
A2/C# B5 E5 A2
Abandoned the vistas and valleys of childhood
F#m A2/C# B5
For the things that they told me were real
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
No more would I run with the speed of a colt
E5 E/G# A2 E/G#
Cross the gravel down by water side
F#m B5 E5 A2
To race with the twig I threw in at the bend
F#m B5 A2 E5
Couldn't beat it though God knows I tried
Chorus:
B5 A2/C# B5
Now the river's not running as fast as it did
E5 E/G# A2 E/G#
There's a dam there restricting the flow
F#m B5 E5 A2
And I don't run either as fast as I could
F#m B5 E5
Guess that river and I have grown old
Instrumental:
B5 A2/C# B5 E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Verse 3:
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Now it's strange in returning to places of youth
E5 E/G# A2
It seems your mem'ry has made a mistake
E/G# F#m B5 E5 A2
Cause the place that once scared you with white water running
F#m A2/C# B5
Has been turned by decree to a lake
E5 B5 A2/C# B5
Makes me think about how too I smoothed out the wrinkles
E5 E/G# A2
Made the waters as calm as you please
E/G# F#m B5 E5 A2
Makes me think about how that river and I
F#m B5 A2 E5
Were both happier when we ran free
Ending:
B5 A2/C# B5
Now the river's not running as fast as it did
E5 E/G# A2 E/G#
There's a dam there restricting the flow
F#m B5 E5 A2
And I don't run either as fast as I could
F#m B5 E5
Guess that river and I have grown old
A2 B5 E5
Guess that river and I have grown old
Chord shapes in this song. Remember, the capo is on the second fret (2):
E5 (no 3)
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E/G#
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3 4 5 6 7
F#m
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3 4 5 6 7
A2
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A|---|---|---|---|-●-|
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3 4 5 6 7
A2/C#
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o A|---|---|---|---|---|
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o D|---|---|---|---|---|
o A|---|-●-|---|---|---|
x D|---|---|---|---|---|
3 4 5 6 7
B5
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o A|---|---|---|---|---|
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D|---|-●-|---|---|---|
o A|---|---|---|---|---|
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