River Chords & Lyrics by Natalie Merchant
River
guitar chords lyrics
Natalie Merchant - River
Tigerlily, 1995
Chords taken directly from songbook.
Cmaj7 - 000233
Am7 - x02013
G - 320033
Am - x03320
D - xx0232
C - 332010
Am11 - x00210
INTRO - Cmaj7 Am7 G Am7 C G
G
Young and strong Hollywood son
Am
in the early morning light
C G
this star fell down on Sunset Boulevard
G
young and strong beautiful one
Am
we embraced so close
C
is gone
G
was torn away
D
let the youth of America mourn
C
include him in their prayers
D
let his image linger on
C
repeat it everywhere
Cmaj7 Am7
Cmaj7 Am7
with candles, with flowers
Cmaj7 Am7
he was one of ours
Cmaj7 G
one of ours
Am7
why don't you let him be?
C
he's gone
we know
G
give his mother and his father peace
your vulture's candor
your casual slander
Am
you murder his memory
C
he's gone
we know
G
it's nothing but a tragedy
D
lay to rest your soul and body
C
lay beside your name
D
lay to rest your rage
C
your hunger and amazing grace
Cmaj7 Am7
with candles, with flowers
Cmaj7 Am7
you were one of ours
Cmaj7 G
one of ours
Cmaj7 Am
I saw cameras expose your life
Cmaj7 Am7
I heard rumors explode with lies
Cmaj7
I saw children in tears
Am11 D
cry and crowd around the sight
C
of where you had collapsed that day
D
where your last breath and word
C
had been sighed
D
where your heart had burst
C
where you had died
D
Where you had died
C
Where you had died
D
I saw how they were lost in grieving
C
all half believing you were gone
D
Oh the loss and pain of it
crime and shame of it
C
you were gone
D
it was such a nightmare raving,
"how could we save him
C
from himself?"
Repeat and fade
