God Is A River Acoustic Live chords by Peter Mayer

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Performance: Boulder House concert

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




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

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

God is a wild, raging rapids
D
And a slow, meandering flow
G
God is a deep and narrow passage
F#m                     Bm
And a peaceful, sandy shoal
G                       A
God is the river, swimmer
Am
So let go

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

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

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

God is a wild, raging rapids
D
And a slow, meandering flow
G
God is a deep and narrow passage
F#m                     Bm
And a peaceful, sandy shoal
G                       A
God is the river, swimmer
Am
So let go
G                       A
God is the river, swimmer
Am
So let go