Blitzen Trapper

Across The River(Keyboard chords)

Blitzen Trapper

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       G              Em  
Well I dove into that river 
   C        G     D 
To see what I could find 
        C        G       D     G 
And the water it rolled on top of me 
        C                D 
And the stars refused to shine 

        G            Em  
Well I swam until I could not swim 
       C        G     D 
Then I swam a little more 
        C       G              D       G 
And the current held me like a lover’s arms 
            C              D 
And then it left me on the shore 

       G                       Em  
Then I stood and looked to from where I came 
    C           G     D 
The place where I was born 
       C         G       D       G 
But it seemed to me only half is real 
         C                D 
Like the dark and distant storm 

      G                      Em  
And I breathed the air around me 
  C       G          D 
I felt my heart beat new 
      C       G          D       G 
For I left my home and I nearly drowned 
      C                    D             G 
For a glimpse of something few have ever seen 

       G                  Em  
Then I walked up from the shoreline 
     C    G       D 
To a city shining bright 
      C          G               D      G 
And I walked the streets of that lovely place 
C                      D    
Till the coming of the night 

          G              Em  
But there were no voices speaking 
          C     G    D 
There was not a soul around 
     C   G           D     G 
So I sat alone on an empty throne 
       C              D   
In the middle of that town 

C G And I said oh my, oh me C G D Oh me, oh my C G D G There’s a river that runs between the sun C D And the darkness of our lives C G You can hit the road or stay in bed C G D You can sink or swim or fight C G D G But when all of this is said and done C D G You gon’ walk so gently still into that night
G Em Then I sat so still and silent C G D With my head hanging low C G D G And an emptiness like a barren field C D You know it settled round my soul G Em Then a man appeared before me C G D Though I tried, I can’t deny C G D G That he had my father’s face and hands C D But his eyes shone like the sky G Em He said my son, you’ve come too soon C G D You better get on outta here C G D G You know I’d let you stay but round here a day C D Is much like a thousand years G Em And your heart is like a diamond C G D It splits the light in two C G D G And you’ll only shine for a certain time C D Till you’re swallowed up in blue
C G And I said oh my, oh me C G D Oh me, oh my C G D G There’s a river that runs between the sun C D And the darkness of our lives C G You can hit the road or stay in bed C G D You can sink or swim or fight C G D G But when all of this is said and done C D G You gon’ walk so gently still into that night
G Em So I dove into that river C G D Again a second time C G D G And the water rolled on top of me C D And the stars refused to shine G Em Then I swam until I could not swim C G D And I sank just like a stone C G D G When I woke again I was laying in C D My bed inside my home G Em Then I walked out to the city streets C G D With the voices high and bright C G D G And I breathed the air without a care C D And I walked so gently still G Into that light

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