To The River chords by John Mellencamp

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

To The River (John Mellencamp)

Intro:
G  G  F  F  G  G  F  F


Verse:
          G
There are masters and slaves, we are sunlight and shadow
F                G
All roads to the river
G

I am lost, I am saved, I'm beloved and betrayed
F                G
All roads to the river


Chorus:
G                  F                    G
And the river runs wide, the river runs deep (runs deep)
                  F                G
And I spit in the eye of safe company
G                 F                             G
When I dive right down (right down) to the undertow (undertow)
                   F           C               G
Well, the deeper I drown...oh, the higher I'll go


Instrumental:
G  G  F  F  G  G  F  F


Verse:
     G
I am whispering dreams, I am howling revolutions
F                G
All roads to the river
G
I am Valentine sweet and I live in this nightmare,
F                G
All roads to the river


Chorus:
G                  F                    G
And the river runs wide, the river runs deep (runs deep)
                  F                G
And I spit in the eye of safe company
G                 F                             G
When I dive right down (right down) to the undertow (undertow)
                   F           C               G
Well, the deeper I drown...oh, the higher I'll go


Instrumental:
G  G  F  F  G  G  F  F   stop for one full count:
G  G  F  F


Verse:
        G
This is nothing like we planned, that's the way it's always been
F                G
All roads to the river
G
I have hated, I have loved, I have prayed, I have sinned
F                G
All roads to the river


Chorus:
G                  F                    G
And the river runs wide, the river runs deep (runs deep)
                  F                G
And I spit in the eye of safe company
G                 F                             G
When I dive right down (right down) to the undertow (undertow)
                   F           C               G
Well, the deeper I drown...oh, the higher I'll go

Outro:
G  G  F  G