St Lawrence River chords by David Usher

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:


This theme is played throughout the song on guitar.
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Verse 1:
Cadd9
Smells on the air

See there it's crushing,
    Em
the final impression

The stains on the paper
      Cadd9
Where words fell like water

Unearth all the changes
     Em
that never did matter
                          Cadd9
I think it's beginning to freeze here

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Verse 2:
Cadd9
Caught in the rage, And the fire of things
        Em
All the brightness that burns me

I'm fumbling through
       Cadd9
Like a child in the dark

When the nakedness comes
     Em
I am shocked by the colour
                      Am
The glorious way your skin

Chorus:
        C
Comes alive
      G                  D               Am
And I never thought we'd make it back so soon
         C
Might be nice
      G                  D
But I knew you'd be your own destroyer
Am          C
    Comes a time
       G                   D
And I never thought I'd make it up to you  .

Theme:
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Actual version, keyboard plays a version of this theme, guitar plays Cadd9 to Em.

Verse 3:
Cadd9
Here, please forgive me

How could we escape
        Em
All the bitterness

Piled upon bitterness
            Cadd9
Held in the face of the things

That I don't understand
     Em
Intellectualize

Over and over
     Cadd9
This helplessness suits us

Funny how quiet
    Em
Has slipped to our corners
                       Cadd9
And worn all our edges away

You are watching

Breathing and baiting
Em
Wanting and warming

And cautiously waiting
    Cadd9
For some simple signal

To creep cross your conscience
  Em
Uncover redemption

And oh, did I mention?
  Cadd9
I carried you down

To the St. Lawrence River
    Em
The banks running dirty
                         Cadd9
The water's beginning to freeze here     (play first part of theme riff)
         Em
Solid by morning
         Cadd9
And I'll freeze here     (play first part of theme riff)
          Em
Winter by morniiing  . yeahh  . yeahhh

Chorus:
Am         C
    Comes alive
      G                  D               Am
And I never thought we'd make it back so soon
         C
Might be nice
      G                  D
But I knew you'd be your own destroyer
Am          C
    Comes a time
      G                  D
And I always thought I'd make it up to you  .

Theme:
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Actual version, keyboard plays a version of this theme, guitar plays Cadd9 to Em.

Verse 4:
  Cadd9
I saw on your face

Such a curious grin
     Em
As I let go your hand,
                            Cadd9
was desperate to hold you again

But you're sinking

Too deep in the water
   Em
Outsmarted myself

And so easily gave up
       Cadd9
What I wanted      (play first part of theme riff)
         Em
Solid by morning
       Cadd9
What I wanted      (play first part of theme riff)
          Em
Winter by morning

Chorus:
Am         C
    Comes alive
      G                  D               Am
And I never thought we'd make it back so soon
         C
Might be nice
      G                  D              Am  C  G
But I knew you'd be your own destroyerrrrrrrrrrr
D     Cadd9
Ohhh, ohhhhh

Outro:

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                                                         And I'll

                          (Slow it down here)
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  Freeze here  .       It's winter by  .   Morning  .


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|  h   Hammer-on
| (n)  Ghost note
|  /   Slide up

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