The Place Where The Rivers Run chords by Runrig

(R and C MacDonald) from the 2016 Album The Story


[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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I'm backing up the lorry, can't wait for night to come
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I'm sweeping out the back yard on a Friday afternoon
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We'll gather round the players and we'll head off for the stars
C         D    Dsus4     G
Pack the van with poetry, drums and the guitars

[Verse 2]

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We'll take Billy for the whisky, Willie for the door
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We'll take Mary Kate and Lizzy for the dancing round the floor
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We'll turn this empty hall into city full of lights
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And lift the summer spirits through the passing of the night


[Chorus]

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There was laughing, and there were tears
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There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
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But there was treasure and 40 years
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In the place where the rivers run


[Verse 3]

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We'll hammer on the two-step, we'll lay it on the snare
G            Em        G
Romancing the accordion, waltzing out the aires
G            Em     G      Em
These sacred swaying anthems, within our lover's grasp
C          D      Dsus4      G
Stripping down the willow to the footsteps of the past


[Chorus]

C     D      C     G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C         Em      Bm   D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C       D      C  G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G       D        G
In the place where the rivers run


[Instrumental]

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[Bridge]

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We were kings and queens, the reels go round
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It's the badge of our culture, say it loud
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And it's all in the gift of the young and the proud
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In the place where the rivers run


[Verse 4]

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We're loading out the back door, now the hour is come
G                 Em          G
Driving through the black hills with the red and rising sun
G                Em   G6    Em
There's a river and a distance, far as eyes can see
C         D         Dsus4  G
Home by Kyle and Broadford round by Memphis Tennessee

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[Chorus]

C     D      C     G
There was laughing, and there were tears
C         Em      Bm   D
There were so many shattered hopes and dreams
C       D      C  G
But there was treasure and 40 years
G       D        G
In the place where the rivers run
G       D        G
In the place where the rivers run
G       D        G
In the place where the rivers run


[Instrumental]

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