The Holy River Chords by Prince
Tempo:
127.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#m
A
F#
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It's coming down to [E] the falling river, [F#m] [E]
we'll be drowned and we'll be delivered.
[F#m] [E]
[A] I still see the picture [E] upon the wall, [F#m] one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] the other one trying [E] to focus through all the [F#m] tears.
[E]
You [A] try and try, but [G#m] there's nothing that's high, you [F#] can't run from yourself [E] and what's inside.
[A] You've got to find the answers to [G#m] the questions that you hold [F#] dear.
[E]
[D] So over and over, [C#m] you ask yourself, [B] why'd you come [D] down [E] to us, oh God?
[D] And a voice inside says [C#m] tonight, the truth will be [F#m] told.
[E] You
[A] surrounded yourself [E] with all the wrong faces, [F#] spending your time [E] in all the wrong places, putting your faith in things that only make you [F#] cry.
[E]
[A] People say they love you [G#m] and they want to help you, [F#m] but how can they when you [E] can't help yourself?
[A] The more they say they love you, [G#m] the more you just want [Bm] to die.
[F#] [E] [B]
[D] When you're low, [C#m] you think you're high, [D] you can't ask yourself, [E] could you only lie?
[D] If you had a dollar [C#m] for every time [F#m] you tried.
[E]
[A] Nothing had hit you [F#] like a fist on the wall, [F#m] gave you life when [E] there was none at all, [A] gave you some permission [E] to rise up every [F#m] day.
[E] Let me tell it.
[A] If you ask [G#m] God to love you longer, [F#] every breath you [E] take will make you stronger, [A] keeping you happy and proud to call [F#m] your name.
[E] Jesus, Jesus, [D] I know, I know, [C#m] ask your soul, [D] why'd you come down [E] to us, oh God?
A [D] voice inside [C#m] says tonight, the truth will [F#m] be told.
This [E] time I was listening, hear [A] me.
Just come down [E] to the holy river, [F#m] where you drown, [B] now we'll be in the living, [E] where you don't, [G#m] now we're dancing.
[F#m] I will [F#m] [E]
die before I try, [F#m] I could come back [E] and face the light, oh yes, who'd have believed it, you've got it all in this [F#] cry.
[E]
[A] So I went on down [E] to the holy river, [F#] I called my girl and told her [E] I had something to give, [A] I asked her to marry [G#m] me, she said yes, [F#m] and cried.
[E]
On that night I drowned in her tears [G#] and mine, [F#m] instead of a glass of [E] sorrow, [B] wine, [A] looking back y'all, I don't miss nothing [F#] except [F#m] the time.
[E] When [A] I see that picture [E] on the wall, [F#m] the one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] my eyes trying to focus, but these are much [F#m] different tears.
[E] Oh yes they are.
[D] Let's go down to the holy river, let's go down to the holy river, [N] let's go down to the holy river.
we'll be drowned and we'll be delivered.
[F#m] [E]
[A] I still see the picture [E] upon the wall, [F#m] one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] the other one trying [E] to focus through all the [F#m] tears.
[E]
You [A] try and try, but [G#m] there's nothing that's high, you [F#] can't run from yourself [E] and what's inside.
[A] You've got to find the answers to [G#m] the questions that you hold [F#] dear.
[E]
[D] So over and over, [C#m] you ask yourself, [B] why'd you come [D] down [E] to us, oh God?
[D] And a voice inside says [C#m] tonight, the truth will be [F#m] told.
[E] You
[A] surrounded yourself [E] with all the wrong faces, [F#] spending your time [E] in all the wrong places, putting your faith in things that only make you [F#] cry.
[E]
[A] People say they love you [G#m] and they want to help you, [F#m] but how can they when you [E] can't help yourself?
[A] The more they say they love you, [G#m] the more you just want [Bm] to die.
[F#] [E] [B]
[D] When you're low, [C#m] you think you're high, [D] you can't ask yourself, [E] could you only lie?
[D] If you had a dollar [C#m] for every time [F#m] you tried.
[E]
[A] Nothing had hit you [F#] like a fist on the wall, [F#m] gave you life when [E] there was none at all, [A] gave you some permission [E] to rise up every [F#m] day.
[E] Let me tell it.
[A] If you ask [G#m] God to love you longer, [F#] every breath you [E] take will make you stronger, [A] keeping you happy and proud to call [F#m] your name.
[E] Jesus, Jesus, [D] I know, I know, [C#m] ask your soul, [D] why'd you come down [E] to us, oh God?
A [D] voice inside [C#m] says tonight, the truth will [F#m] be told.
This [E] time I was listening, hear [A] me.
Just come down [E] to the holy river, [F#m] where you drown, [B] now we'll be in the living, [E] where you don't, [G#m] now we're dancing.
[F#m] I will [F#m] [E]
die before I try, [F#m] I could come back [E] and face the light, oh yes, who'd have believed it, you've got it all in this [F#] cry.
[E]
[A] So I went on down [E] to the holy river, [F#] I called my girl and told her [E] I had something to give, [A] I asked her to marry [G#m] me, she said yes, [F#m] and cried.
[E]
On that night I drowned in her tears [G#] and mine, [F#m] instead of a glass of [E] sorrow, [B] wine, [A] looking back y'all, I don't miss nothing [F#] except [F#m] the time.
[E] When [A] I see that picture [E] on the wall, [F#m] the one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] my eyes trying to focus, but these are much [F#m] different tears.
[E] Oh yes they are.
[D] Let's go down to the holy river, let's go down to the holy river, [N] let's go down to the holy river.
Key:
E
F#m
A
F#
D
E
F#m
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's coming down to [E] the falling river, [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
we'll be drowned and we'll be delivered.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] I still see the picture [E] upon the wall, [F#m] one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] the other one trying [E] to focus through all the [F#m] tears.
_ _ [E] _ _
You [A] try and try, but [G#m] there's nothing that's high, you [F#] can't run from yourself [E] and what's inside.
[A] You've got to find the answers to [G#m] the questions that you hold [F#] dear.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] So over and over, [C#m] you ask yourself, _ [B] why'd you come [D] down [E] to us, oh God?
[D] And a voice inside says [C#m] tonight, the truth will be [F#m] told.
_ [E] You _ _
_ [A] surrounded yourself [E] with all the wrong faces, [F#] spending your time [E] in all the wrong places, putting your faith in things that only make you [F#] cry.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] People say they love you [G#m] and they want to help you, [F#m] but how can they when you [E] can't help yourself?
[A] The more they say they love you, [G#m] the more you just want [Bm] to die.
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] When you're low, [C#m] you think you're high, [D] you can't ask yourself, [E] could you only lie?
_ [D] If you had a dollar [C#m] for every time [F#m] you tried.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Nothing had hit you [F#] like a fist on the wall, [F#m] gave you life when [E] there was none at all, [A] gave you some permission [E] to rise up every [F#m] day.
_ _ [E] Let me tell it.
_ [A] If you ask [G#m] God to love you longer, [F#] every breath you [E] take will make you stronger, [A] keeping you happy and proud to call [F#m] your name.
_ _ [E] Jesus, Jesus, [D] I know, I know, _ [C#m] ask your soul, _ [D] why'd you come down [E] to us, oh God?
A [D] voice inside [C#m] says tonight, the truth will [F#m] be told.
This [E] time I was listening, hear [A] me.
Just come down [E] to the holy river, [F#m] where you drown, [B] now we'll be in the living, [E] where you don't, [G#m] now we're dancing.
[F#m] I will _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ die _ before I try, [F#m] I could come back [E] and face the light, oh yes, who'd have believed it, you've got it all in this [F#] cry.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] So I went on down [E] to the holy river, [F#] I called my girl and told her [E] I had something to give, [A] I asked her to marry [G#m] me, she said yes, [F#m] and cried.
_ [E] _ _
On that night I drowned in her tears [G#] and mine, [F#m] instead of a glass of [E] sorrow, [B] wine, [A] looking back y'all, I don't miss nothing [F#] except [F#m] the time.
_ [E] _ When [A] I see that picture [E] on the wall, [F#m] the one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] my eyes trying to focus, but these are much [F#m] different _ tears.
[E] Oh yes they are.
_ [D] Let's go down to the holy river, _ let's go down to the holy river, [N] let's go down to the holy river. _ _ _ _ _ _
It's coming down to [E] the falling river, [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
we'll be drowned and we'll be delivered.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] I still see the picture [E] upon the wall, [F#m] one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] the other one trying [E] to focus through all the [F#m] tears.
_ _ [E] _ _
You [A] try and try, but [G#m] there's nothing that's high, you [F#] can't run from yourself [E] and what's inside.
[A] You've got to find the answers to [G#m] the questions that you hold [F#] dear.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] So over and over, [C#m] you ask yourself, _ [B] why'd you come [D] down [E] to us, oh God?
[D] And a voice inside says [C#m] tonight, the truth will be [F#m] told.
_ [E] You _ _
_ [A] surrounded yourself [E] with all the wrong faces, [F#] spending your time [E] in all the wrong places, putting your faith in things that only make you [F#] cry.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] People say they love you [G#m] and they want to help you, [F#m] but how can they when you [E] can't help yourself?
[A] The more they say they love you, [G#m] the more you just want [Bm] to die.
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
_ [D] When you're low, [C#m] you think you're high, [D] you can't ask yourself, [E] could you only lie?
_ [D] If you had a dollar [C#m] for every time [F#m] you tried.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] Nothing had hit you [F#] like a fist on the wall, [F#m] gave you life when [E] there was none at all, [A] gave you some permission [E] to rise up every [F#m] day.
_ _ [E] Let me tell it.
_ [A] If you ask [G#m] God to love you longer, [F#] every breath you [E] take will make you stronger, [A] keeping you happy and proud to call [F#m] your name.
_ _ [E] Jesus, Jesus, [D] I know, I know, _ [C#m] ask your soul, _ [D] why'd you come down [E] to us, oh God?
A [D] voice inside [C#m] says tonight, the truth will [F#m] be told.
This [E] time I was listening, hear [A] me.
Just come down [E] to the holy river, [F#m] where you drown, [B] now we'll be in the living, [E] where you don't, [G#m] now we're dancing.
[F#m] I will _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ die _ before I try, [F#m] I could come back [E] and face the light, oh yes, who'd have believed it, you've got it all in this [F#] cry.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] So I went on down [E] to the holy river, [F#] I called my girl and told her [E] I had something to give, [A] I asked her to marry [G#m] me, she said yes, [F#m] and cried.
_ [E] _ _
On that night I drowned in her tears [G#] and mine, [F#m] instead of a glass of [E] sorrow, [B] wine, [A] looking back y'all, I don't miss nothing [F#] except [F#m] the time.
_ [E] _ When [A] I see that picture [E] on the wall, [F#m] the one eye staring [E] at nothing at all, [A] my eyes trying to focus, but these are much [F#m] different _ tears.
[E] Oh yes they are.
_ [D] Let's go down to the holy river, _ let's go down to the holy river, [N] let's go down to the holy river. _ _ _ _ _ _