God Is A River Acoustic Live chords by Peter Mayer

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Performance: Boulder House concert

✝ Verse 1:
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        B minorBm
In the ever-shifting water of the river of this life
A minorAm       B minorBm           C majorC        B minorBm
I was swimming, seeking comfort; I was wrestling waves to find
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        E minorEm
A augmentedA boulder I could cling to, a stone to hold me fast
B minorBm           C majorC            E minorEm       A augmentedA
Where I might let the fretful water of this river 'round me pass



A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        B minorBm
And so I found an anchor, a blessed resting place
A minorAm       B minorBm           C majorC        B minorBm
A augmentedA trusty rock I called my savior, for there I would be safe
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        E minorEm
From the river and its dangers, and I proclaimed my rock divine
B minorBm           C majorC        E minorEm       A augmentedA
And I prayed to it "protect me" and the rock replied

✝ Refrain:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
God is a river, not just a stone

God is a wild, raging rapids
D MajorD
And a slow, meandering flow
G+G
God is a deep and narrow passage
F# minorF#m           B minorBm
And a peaceful, sandy shoal
G+G            A augmentedA
God is the river, swimmer
A minorAm
So let go

✝ Verse 2:
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        B minorBm
Still I clung to my rock tightly with conviction in my arms
A minorAm       B minorBm           C majorC        B minorBm
Never looking at the stream to keep my mind from thoughts of harm
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        E minorEm
But the river kept on coming, kept on tugging at my legs
B minorBm           C majorC        E minorEm       A augmentedA
Till at last my fingers faltered, and I was swept away

A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        B minorBm
So I'm going with the flow now, these relentless twists and bends
A minorAm       B minorBm           C majorC        B minorBm
Acclimating to the motion, and a sense of being led
A minorAm       B minorBm       C majorC        E minorEm
And this river's like my body now, it carries me along
B minorBm           C majorC            E minorEm       A augmentedA
Through the ever-changing scenes and by the rocks that sing this song

✝ Refrain:
D MajorD                 A augmentedA
God is a river, not just a stone

God is a wild, raging rapids
D MajorD
And a slow, meandering flow
G+G
God is a deep and narrow passage
F# minorF#m           B minorBm
And a peaceful, sandy shoal
G+G            A augmentedA
God is the river, swimmer
A minorAm
So let go
G+G            A augmentedA
God is the river, swimmer
A minorAm
So let go