Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: B minorBm
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
|B minorBm |B minorBm | (2x)
Verse 1:
B minorBm G+G
I spent my time here just holding on
D MajorD E minorEm
Afraid to let go, the weight's swinging in my soul
B minorBm G+G
No time for shaking this heavy load
D MajorD E minorEm
Before I take myself down, sinking like a stone
Pre-Chorus 1:
B minorBm
Gotta get myself together
G+G
Gotta wash my body clean
D MajorD
If I try to live forever
E minorEm
Gonna be the death of me
B minorBm
'Cause a ghost is in the water
G+G
And it's haunted by the future
D MajorD
Gotta leave himself to nature
E minorEm
Gotta take me to the sea
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD
Let me be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
B minorBm D MajorD
Be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
B minorBm
(Be a river, won't you carry me?
B minorBm
(I can hear you calling me)
Verse 2:
B minorBm G+G
I'm going down with the waterfall
D MajorD E minorEm
Heading to places they haven't made a record for
B minorBm G+G
Keep on the good side of every low
D MajorD E minorEm
Nowhere to hide, no horizon, nowhere to go
Pre-Chorus 2:
B minorBm
Sometimes I feel you with me
G+G
Sometimes I go alone
D MajorD
Sometimes you give your blessing
E minorEm
Sometimes I feel the love
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
Yeah, I know that river gonna take me there
Instrumental:
|B minorBm D MajorD |G+G |
|G+G |B minorBm D MajorD |
Bridge:
B minorBm D MajorD
That river gonna take me there
G+G
That river gonna take me there
G+G
That river gonna take me there
B minorBm D MajorD
Yeah, I know that river gonna take me there
Instrumental:
|B minorBm |G+G |D MajorD |E minorEm | (2x)
Chorus:
B minorBm D MajorD
Let me be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
B minorBm D MajorD
Be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
B minorBm D MajorD
Be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
B minorBm D MajorD
Be a river
G+G
Won't you carry me?
G+G
I can hear you calling me
B minorBm D MajorD
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere