The River Chords by Missy Higgins

Tempo:
109.85 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Em

Dm

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Missy Higgins - The River chords
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[Em]
[Am] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] [Dm] [G]
[C]
[F]
[Em] [C]
[F] [C]
[Em] She ran until her face was numb with cold
And [F] wore a cotton gown that blazed the night untold
[Em] She ran until her feet refused to hold
So [F] heavy a heart for someone merely ten years old
[C] And when she reached the river her knees began to shiver
[F] Her head with pounding voices from home
[C] [Em] Behind her was a vision, a painful apparition
[F] Of a darker world that no one should know
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[Am] Somebody's bad will never [F] be warm [Dm] again
The river [Am] will keep this friend
[Em] But [F] [Dm]
somebody's [Am] bad will never [F] be warm [Dm] again
No [G] never [C] again
She
[F]
[C] dived beneath the water's icy skin
[F] Hoping the cold would kill the smell of angry gin
[G]
And her eyes grew whiter than they'd ever been
Just [F] wishing the numbness took her deeper with its pins
[C]
And [Em] as her body lay there she decided to stay there
[F] Till darkness came to pull her [C] away
[Em] And beautifully she sank as upriver was her [C] bank
Where somebody less troubled [Dm] would stay
[Em]
[C] [Dm] [G]
[Am] Somebody's bad [Em] will never [C] be [F] warm [Dm] again
The [Em] river will [Am] keep this friend
[Em]
[C] [Dm] [Am]
Somebody's bad [Em] [D] [Am] will never be warm [Dm] again
No [C] never again
[Fm] [C#]
[C] Somebody's [C#] [D#]
[F] [Dm]
[Am] bad will never [F] be warm [Dm] again
The river [B] will [Am] keep this friend
[Em]
[F] [Dm]
[Am] Somebody's bad will never [F] be warm [Dm] again
No never [C] again
No never [F] again
[C]
[F] [C]
[F]
[C] [G] [C]
[F]
[C]
Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
Em
121
Dm
2311
Am
2311
F
134211111
C
3211
Em
121
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Let's start jamming Missy Higgins - The River chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Dm, Am, F, Em, F, C and F in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 54 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 110. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C Major.

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] She ran until her face was numb with cold
And [F] wore a cotton gown that blazed the night _ untold
[Em] She ran until her feet refused to hold
So [F] heavy a heart for someone merely ten years old
[C] And when she reached the river her knees began to shiver
[F] Her head with pounding voices from home _ _
[C] [Em] Behind her was a vision, a painful apparition
[F] Of a darker world that no one should know
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] Somebody's bad _ _ will never [F] be warm _ [Dm] again
The river [Am] will keep this friend
[Em] But _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
somebody's [Am] bad _ _ _ will never [F] be warm [Dm] _ again
No [G] never [C] again
_ She _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] dived beneath the water's icy skin _
[F] Hoping the cold would kill the smell of angry gin
[G]
And her eyes grew whiter than they'd ever been
Just [F] wishing the numbness took her deeper with its pins
[C]
And [Em] as her body lay there she decided to stay there
[F] Till darkness came to pull her [C] away _
[Em] And beautifully she sank as upriver was her [C] bank
Where somebody less troubled [Dm] would stay
[Em] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] Somebody's bad _ _ [Em] _ will never [C] be [F] warm [Dm] again
The [Em] river will [Am] keep this friend
_ [Em] _
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am]
Somebody's bad _ [Em] _ [D] [Am] will never be warm _ _ [Dm] again
No [C] never _ again _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ Somebody's [C#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] bad _ will never [F] be warm _ [Dm] again
The river [B] will [Am] keep this friend
_ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] Somebody's bad _ will never [F] be warm _ _ [Dm] again
No never [C] _ again
_ No _ never [F] again _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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