The River chords by Missy Higgins

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7

Verse 1:
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
She ran until her face was numb with cold and
    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wore a cotton gown that blazed the night untold
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
She ran until her feet refused to hold
      Fmaj7Fmaj7
So heavy a heart for someone merely ten years old
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
And when she reached the river her knees began to shiver
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Her head with pounding voices from home
 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Behind her was a vision, a painful apparition
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Of a darker world that no—one should know

Chorus:
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
        E minorEm    A minorAm
The river will keep this friend
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
      Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
No never again


Verse 2:
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
She dived beneath the water's icy skin
      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Hoping the cold would kill the smell of angry gin
    Cmaj7Cmaj7
And her eyes grew wider than they'd ever been
         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Just wishing the numbness to cut deeper with its pins
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
And as her body lay there she decided to stay there
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Till darkness came to pull her away
  Cmaj7Cmaj7
And beautifully she sank as up river was the bank
      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Where some bodiless troubles would stay

Chorus:
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
        E minorEm    A minorAm
The river will keep this friend
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
      Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7
No never again


Chorus:
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
        E minorEm    A minorAm
The river will keep this friend
DmDm FF      A minorAm E minorEm       FF   DmDm
   Somebody's bed will never be warm again
      Cmaj7Cmaj7
No never again
      Fmaj7Fmaj7
No never again


Outro:
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Fmaj7Fmaj7 x3