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The River by Susan LaBarr

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Key: Fm

Em
The old men always warned, don't fight the river
            D                               Em
If you just give her time, she'll bring you in

But times when you're adrift you get real anxious
               C          D              Em
And there's a chance you won't get home again


The river holds the secrets of a lifetime
                D                        Em
its depths and shallows swirl with mystery

through flood or drought the water follows one law
     C           D         Em
flow on to the everlasting sea
     Em       C      Am      C          D
flow on flow on flow on flow on to the sea
     Em      C       Am      C          D
flow on flow on flow on flow on to the sea
     Em
flow on

part of that river still pumps deep inside of me
            D                      Em
but I need more to make my spirit whole

baptize me once again in river water
          C          D            Em
let river mud anoint my prodigal soles


I grew from boy to man along the river
               D                       Em
my roots grew tangled with the willow tree

the rocks and sand and mud were my foundation
                C            D      Em
I thought the water flowed only for me

Ending:
I grew from boy to man
C       D          Em
I will get home again