The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][F][Am]
[Dm]
[Am]Holy mother

[Verse 1]
[Dm]
Receive our hearts in your arm[Am]s
And let our souls pass
[Dm]The day the rain returns again
[Am]Holy mother
[Dm]Receive our hearts in your arms[Am]
And let our souls [Dm]pass
The day the rain returns again
[Am]We pass down our

[Verse 2]
[Dm]wisdom[F][Am]
After [Dm]sunshine comes thunder
[Am]The longer the d[G]rought
[F]The [Am]heavier the clouds[Dm]
[Cm]

[Verse 3]
Collecting [D]water [Adim]in glas[Cm]s
Counting the days against the [D]crops that last
[Adim]A dwarf [Cm]shoot yawns[D]
at the [Adim]sky[Cm]
Daring [Eb]a str[Dm]aton[Bb]imbu[Dm]s in the
[Am]vi cinity to spit on[Bbm] it

[Verse 4]
[Gm]
[Am]When Earth is submerging
[F]And [Am]heaven is open[Dm][G]
The [Am]river [F]will carry all of us [Am]to

[Interlude 1]
Where we belong
[Dm][G][Gsus2][G][F]
[Am][Dm][G]
[F][Am][Dm][Eb][Cm]

[Verse 5]
But then a [D]shadow [Cm]is cast
Over the fields [Eb]a sh[Bb]ower first
Then a [C]tor[Am]rent crashes [Dm]down
Releasing the [Am]jungle
[C]swelling in the [Bb]ground
And as was fore[C]told [Am]our
time is [Dm]out

[Verse 6]
[Am]
Holy mother
Receive our hearts in your arms
And let our souls [Dm]pass
The day the [Am]rain returns again
Holy mother
Receive our hearts in your arms
And let our souls pass
The day the rain returns [G]again[Am]
[F]Holy mother
Receive our hearts in your arms
[Am]And let our soul[Dm]s pass
The day the rain [Am]returns again
Holy mother
Re[F]ceive our hearts in your arms
[Am]And let our souls pass
[Dm]The day the rain returns again
[Am]We pass down our

[Verse 7]
[F]wisdom[Am]
After [Dm]sunshine comes thunder
[Am]The longer the d[G]roug[F]ht[Am]
The heavier the [Dm]clouds

[Interlude 2]
[G][Am][G][F][Am]
[Dm][G][Am][C][F]
[Am][Dm][G]

[Verse 8]
When Earth is sub[F]merging[Am]
And heaven is [Dm]open[G]
The river [F]will carry all of us [Am]to
Where we be[F]long
And no- one shall be left
[Am]over
(Where we [F]belong)
For the river's too [Am]strong
(Where we be[F]long)
I trust mother to know
(Where we belong)
[Am]So watch[F] the raindrops

[Outro 1]
[Am][F]
[Am][F][F][Am][F]
[Am][Am]