River Chords by Patty Griffin

_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
Isn't she a river?
_ _ [F#] _ _ She doesn't [C#] need a diamond to shine You _ _ can't really have her
_ [F#] _ _ But you [C#] can hold her for a time _ _ _ [B] Takes an army just to bend [F#] her
Be careful where you stand her [C#] You can't hold her back for [B] long
The _ [F#] river is just too [C#] strong _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] She's a river, _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
made out of silver
_ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] Moving and _ _ _ _ _ _ carrying some dreamers _ [F#] _ _ [C#]
Off into the undertow _ _ _ _
[B] You don't need to save [F#] her or teach her to behave Just [C#] let her arm some _ _ [B] wine
Every [F#] trace, she'll un-define She's _ _ _
[C#] a river
_ You _ [B] can ride her easy when she's slow [F#] Walk across her when she's [C#] low
Follow wherever she goes She's a river
[B] Ride for cover when she's mad [F#] Drown in her tears when things are [C#]
bad
Don't you ever forget it, that she's a river _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] Isn't she a river?
_ _ [F#] _ _ She [C#] doesn't need a diamond to shine _ _ _ _
Some people call you clever [F#] But _ _ [C#] she's been here a long, long _ time _
[B] She's seen too many [F#] faces and places down the line
[C#] She's been left for dead a million times Keeps coming home, arms open [B] wide
Every trace, she'll un [F#]-define _ _ _
[C#] She's a river _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] She's a river _ _ _ _
[B] She's [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] a river
She's a river _ _