Peace Like A River chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro Riff:
  E minor 7Em7
e|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|-----------|--0------|
BB|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|-----------|----3----|
G+G|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|-----------|------0--|
D MajorD|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|----2-0-2--|---------|
A augmentedA|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|
E MajorE|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|--0--------|---------|

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Intro:
|E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|E minor 7Em7   |E minor 7Em7 |
 Ahhh --- ----
|E minor 7Em7        |A minorAm          | G+G | G+G |
 Peace like a river ran through the city
|C majorC           |G+G      |C majorC      C majorC C/BC/B |
 Long past the midnight curfew we sat starry-eyed - -
|A minorAm  |A minorAm        |
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah we were
|E minor 7Em7 (Riff) |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |
 Satisfied  ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|E minor 7Em7   |E minor 7Em7       |
 Ahhh --- -- And I remember
|E minor 7Em7      |A minorAm        |G+G   | G+G |
 Misinformation followed us like a plague
|C majorC        |G+G
 Nobody knew from time to time
    |C majorC         C majorC C/BC/B |
 If the plans were changed - -
|A minorAm  |A minorAm   G+G   |D7/F#D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
    |G+G         |G+G A minorAm B minorBm |
 If the plans were changed -- - -

Bridge:
|C majorC           |C majorC   |
 - You can beat us with wires
|G+G           |G+G   |
 - You can beat us with chains
|D7/F#D7/F#         |D7/F#D7/F#            |
 - You can run out your rules, but you know you can't
|E minor 7Em7        |E minor 7Em7  E minor 7Em7 A minorAm B minorBm |
 Outrun the history train -  - -
|C majorC           |C majorC       |G+G  |
 - I've seen a glorious day, Aye-ee-ee-ee---
|G+G     |D MajorD  |D MajorD     |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7 |
 -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- -- Ee-ee-ee-ee--- ----

Break:
| C majorC | C majorC | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 |

|E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Verse:
|E minor 7Em7   |E minor 7Em7  |
 Ahhh ----------
|E minor 7Em7         |A minorAm          |G+G    | G+G |
 Four in the morning I woke up from out of my - dreams
|C majorC        |G+G
 Nowhere to go but back to sleep
    |C majorC   C majorC   C/BC/B A minorAm |
But I'm - reconciled -  -
|A minorAm  |A minorAm   G+G   |D7/F#D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
        |E minor 7Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile
    |A minorAm   G+G   |D7/F#D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
        |E minor 7Em7
 I'm going to be up for awhile
    |A minorAm   G+G   |D7/F#D7/F#
 --- Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah ---
        |E minor 7Em7      | E minor 7Em7 |
 I'm going to be up for awhile

Outro:
| C majorC | C majorC | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 | E minor 7Em7 |

|E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7  |E minor 7Em7 |E minor 7Em7 |
 (Riff) ---- (Riff) ----

Charted by Dexex
Adapted for rhythm guitar from
the solid tab posted by odrizzle888 in 2016

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