Chords for Washing of the Water

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River, river, carry me _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] on, to the place where I [C] come from. _ _
So _ _ [D] deep, [C] so _ wide.
Will _ [F] you take me on your back [C] for a ride? _ _ _ _ _
_ If I _ [F] should fall, _ _ [Am] _ _ would [F] you swallow me _ deep [C] _
inside? _ _ _ _ _ _
River, _ [D] show [G] me [C] how to float.
I _ _ _ _ [F] _
feel like I'm sinking [C] _
down, _ _ _ _ _ thought _ _ [Bm] that I [Am] could _ [C] get _ along. _
But here [D] in this water, [G]
my feet won't [C] touch the ground. _ _ _
I need [D] _ something [G]
to turn [C] myself around. _ _ _
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Going [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
away, _ _ [F] away I _
_ _ _ [C] _ see. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B]
River _ [Am] deep, _ _ _ _
_ [C] can you [F] lift up and _ carry [C] me?
_ Or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Bm] roll on through [C] the heartland _ _ _ till [F] the _ sun is blue and [C] the _ sky _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
is blue?
_ _ [F] _ _ Carry [C] me high, till the washing [F] _ [Gb] of the water, _ [G] make [Gm] it all [C]
alright.
_ _ Let [F] your [D] waters reach me, [C] like she reached me tonight.
_ [Am] Letting go, it's [C] so hard, the way [F] it's hurting now.
[D]
Get [Ab] this love [Am] untied, so [C] tough to stay with this thing.
Cause [F] if I follow through, [D] I'll [Ab] face what I'll [Am] face.
I get [G] those hooks out of me, [F] and I take out the hooks that [D] I sunk [Ab] deep in your [Am] side.
Kill that [G] fear with emptiness, _ [F] _ loneliness [C] I'll hide.
_ _ _ [F] River, [D] oh river, _ [G] river running [C] deep.
_ _ _ Bring me [Gb]
something that [F] will let me get to [C] sleep.
_ _ In the washing [F] of [D] the water, _ [C] will you take it all away?
_ _ _ Bring [F] me [D] _ something _ [C] to take [G] this _ pain [C] away. _ _ _
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