Chords for PETER GABRIEL - WASHING OF THE WATER

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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So _ _ _ [D] deep, [G] _ so [C] _ wide
_ _ Will you [F] take me on your back _ for [C] a ride? _ _ _ _
_ If _ _ [Em] I should [Am] fall, _ _ _ _ would you [F] swallow me [D] deep _ [C] inside? _ _ _ _ _ _
River, _ _ show [G] me how to [C] float
I _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] feel like I'm [Dm] _
sinking _ [C] down _ _ _ _
_ _ Thought that [Bm] I could _ _ [Am] _ get [C] along
_ But here _ [D] in this water, _ [G] my feet won't [C] touch the ground
_ And I _ [F] need [D] something _ [G] to turn [C] myself _ around _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Going [G] _ _
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[F] away _ _ _ to _ _ [C] the _ _ sea _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] River, _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
can you [F] lift up and [Dm] _
carry _ [C] me? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Rolling _ [Dm] _
_ through [C] the _ heartland _
_ _ Till [F] the summer _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] skies _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Am] carry me [C] high
Till the [F] washing of the [D] water, _ [C] we'll make it all alright
_ _ _ Let [F] your waters [D] reach me _ [G] like she reached me the [C] night
_ _ [Am] Letting go is [G] so hard
The way it's [F] hurting now to [D] get this love on [Am]
time
So tough [G] to stay with this thing, if [F] I follow through
[D] I'll face what [Am] I deny
I'll [C] get the fruits out of me
[F] And I'll take out the roots that [D] I sunk deep [Abm] in your [Am] side
Kill their [G] fear of emptiness, _ _ [F] loneliness [C] I hide
_ _ River, [F] _
[D] oh river, _ _ river running deep
_ _ [C] Bring [F] me _ [D] something that will let me [C] get to sleep
_ In the washing _ [F] of [D] the water, _ will you take [G] it all away? _ _ _
Bring [F] me _ _ [D] something to [C] take this _ pain away _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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