Chords with lyrics
TITLE: River
ARTIST: Opeth
ALBUM: Pale Communion (2014)
(twangy arpeggio in 4/4 time signature)
D MajorD 
C majorC 
G+G G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G
Show me a sign
Of troubles in your heart
Spare me your lies
And tell me that you're mine
FF F C majorC G+G
And our bodies float on the river
N/C FF F C majorC G+G (strum once)
To the oceans of demi--------------se
(finger picking/arpeggio continues)
D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G
D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G
Made me your slave
To the secrets of your silence
But you told to me stay
And you told me you're mine
FF C majorC G+G
And our bodies float on the river
FF C majorC G+G (strum once)
To the oceans of demise
(solo)
D MajorD C majorC G+G G+G (x4)
FF C majorC G+G G+G (x4)
(keyboard only, time signature shift to 3/4)
G minorGm 
DmDm
In light of all things to come
A#mA#m DmDm
Why do you despair?
G minorGm DmDm
Because when you have no one
A#mA#m 
A minorAm 
A augmentedA
No one would care
E MajorE
So don?t care
(arpeggio, first 3 strings for each chord below)
A minorAm E MajorE DmDm A minorAm (x2)
DmDm A minorAm (x4)
(strum once)
G minorGm DmDm
And all things will come undone
A#mA#m DmDm
There is nothing to share
G minorGm DmDm
I'll be waiting for no one
A#mA#m A minorAm A augmentedA
And no one is there
E MajorE
To care
(freaked-out interlude)
(strum once)
C5C5 
B5B5
Can?t see
C5C5 B5B5
Can?t feel
C5C5 B5B5
You run
C5C5 B5B5
I long
C5C5 B5B5
I wait
C5C5 B5B5
He comes
C5C5 B5B5
Takes you
C5C5 B5B5
Away
I can't see, can't feel, you run, I long, I wait, he comes to you?
(begin strumming 3/4 time signature)
B5B5
In the embers of summer
G5G5 
F#5F#5 
E5E5 
D5D5
All things must die
B5B5
There's a passage of fire ahead
G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5 D5D5 B5B5
Fire on the other side
B5B5
There comes a time when the river runs dry
B5B5
Winter comes and we sacrifice
B5B5
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