River chords by Paul Pena

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Key: FF

E MajorE           A augmentedA
They told me you were coming
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and that I should stick around
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they said that I had to meet you
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you were a treasure that they'd found
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and they were proud to hang with you
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because they thought you played their game
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even though you had your money
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and your daddy had his fame
E MajorE
I know the river
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(is a long, long road)
E MajorE
yes, the river
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(it's a heavy load)
E MajorE
oh lord, the river
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(is a long, long road)
   E MajorE    D MajorD
and I see you comin' down
A augmentedA     E MajorE
fixin' to go
E MajorE        D MajorD
just before you leave me, baby
A augmentedA                   E MajorE
there's something you got to know, yeah
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Until finally I met you
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and I realized then
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that with all the broken-down, broken-hearted, low-down people you knew and loved
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I knew we could be friends
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for your heart was into loving
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spreading good times and joy all around
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and because of that, many people that you knew
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they couldnt understand you, put you down

kicked you around.

E MajorE
'cause the river
A augmentedA
(is a long, long road)
E MajorE
yes, the river
A augmentedA
(it's a heavy load)
E MajorE
oh lord, the river
A augmentedA
(is a long, long road)
   E MajorE    D MajorD
and I see you comin' down
A augmentedA     E MajorE
fixin' to go
E MajorE        D MajorD
just before you leave me, baby
A augmentedA                   E MajorE
there's something you got to know, yeah.


I'm just sitting here tonight thinking
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I'm thinking of all the lovely people that I'm gonna miss
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when I leave the land where I was born
E MajorE
and you're one of the most,
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the most prominent ones, my dear, because
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I know that you've been kicked around because like
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though you have money, and all the people behind you had money
E MajorE                 A augmentedA            E MajorE
you were into good times and were into, sending your heart out, to all the people,
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and really digging on them, and just really digging on them, just, just being happy
         A augmentedA
and this is what I've got to say to you tonight.

E MajorE       A augmentedA
So finally I'm leavin'
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for at last, I understand
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that many of the people that I knew and thought were my closest friends
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Lord, their heads are in another land
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me and my lady got to go out there
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spread a little good loving around
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but I just want to let you know before I leave
E MajorE
that if you're ever homeless
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a home with us can always be found.

E MajorE
'cause the river
A augmentedA
(is a long, long road)
E MajorE
yes, the river
A augmentedA
(it's a heavy load)
E MajorE
oh lord, the river
A augmentedA
(is a long, long road)
   E MajorE    D MajorD
and I see you comin' down
A augmentedA     E MajorE
fixin' to go
E MajorE        D MajorD
just before you leave me, baby
A augmentedA                   E MajorE
there's something you got to know, yeah.