River of Tears Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Waiting [D]on an elevator,
in a [G]hotel out in Califor[D]nia
Smog clouds up in the windows,
but there is a plaque up on the [A]wall
That [D]tells of the [G]Agoras, people
who were here long be[D]fore us
[G]Before the covered wagons[D],
before they lost it [A]all

[Verse 2]
They were [D]hunters,
they were fishermen und they [G]often fought each [D]other
But one small tribe was different,
their leader was a peaceful [A]man
They were [D]weavers, they were painters,
trading [G]pelts for pretty [D]colours
Pro[G]tected by the warrior[D]s
for the beauty in their hands
[A]Roll back the yea[Em]rs, rol[G]l b[A]ack the years,[Em]
[G]to [A]the river of tears
[D][G][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
The [D]chief he had a daughter,
she was [G]young and she was [D]beautiful
He said, "Go into the forest,
get some berries for [A]the dye
But make [D]your way back quickly,
for the old [G]bear's getting [D]hungry
[G]I don't want you o[D]ut there,
when the sun falls from [G]the [A]sky"

[Verse 4]
Her [D]basket filled with berries,
she headed [G]back toward the vil[D]lage

[Verse 5]
When a [D]mighty roar erupted,
she ran und hid inside a hollow [A]tree
Shad[D]ows were getting longer,
[G]the forest was getting colder
[D]And the chi[G]ef began to panic,[D]
where could his daughter [A]be?
Lost in [Em]the [G]year[A]s, lost in the years,[Em]
[G]on [A]the river of tears[D]

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 6]
In [D]the camp the fires were dying when
the old [G]chief started [D]crying
Soon all the tribe were crying,
the ground grew wet beneath their [A]feet
And [D]the tears they turned to water and
the wa[G]ter became a [D]river
[G]And the river flowed like an [D]arrow,
to the foot of a hollow [A]tree

[Verse 7]
And the [D]girl looked out in wonder,
as she [G]saw the water fall[D]ing
She knew it was her father and
she swam to his ca[G]noe[A]
And [D]all the tribe stopped crying,
and [G]the river started subsid[D]ing
Into the [G]hill of [D]the Agoras, and so
the legend [A]grew
Roll back the [Em]years,
[G]rol[A]l back the years[Em][G][A]
Roll [Em]back [A]the[Em] year[G]s,[A]
to the river of [D]tears[G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D]
I wish [G]all [G]the [G]world was healing

[Outro 1]
[G]