Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice
Natalie Merchant - River
Tigerlily, 1995
Submitted by: humming guy
Cmaj7Cmaj7 - 000233
Am7Am7 - x02013
G+G - 320033
A minorAm - x03320
D MajorD - xx0232
C majorC - 332010
Am11Am11 - x00210
INTRO - Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7 G+G Am7Am7 C majorC G+G
G+G
Young and strong Hollywood son
A minorAm
in the early morning light
C majorC G+G
this star fell down on Sunset Boulevard
G+G
young and strong beautiful one
A minorAm
we embraced so close
C majorC
is gone
G+G
was torn away
D MajorD
let the youth of America mourn
C majorC
include him in their prayers
D MajorD
let his image linger on
C majorC
repeat it everywhere
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
with candles, with flowers
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
he was one of ours
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
one of ours
Am7Am7
why don't you let him be?
C majorC
he's gone
we know
G+G
give his mother and his father peace
your vulture's candor
your casual slander
A minorAm
you murder his memory
C majorC
he's gone
we know
G+G
it's nothing but a tragedy
D MajorD
lay to rest your soul and body
C majorC
lay beside your name
D MajorD
lay to rest your rage
C majorC
your hunger and amazing grace
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
with candles, with flowers
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
you were one of ours
Cmaj7Cmaj7 G+G
one of ours
Cmaj7Cmaj7 A minorAm
I saw cameras expose your life
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
I heard rumors explode with lies
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I saw children in tears
Am11Am11 D MajorD
cry and crowd around the sight
C majorC
of where you had collapsed that day
D MajorD
where your last breath and word
C majorC
had been sighed
D MajorD
where your heart had burst
C majorC
where you had died
D MajorD
Where you had died
C majorC
Where you had died
D MajorD
I saw how they were lost in grieving
C majorC
all half believing you were gone
D MajorD
Oh the loss and pain of it
crime and shame of it
C majorC
you were gone
D MajorD
it was such a nightmare raving,
"how could we save him
C majorC
from himself "