• Song:

    Before The River Came

  • Artist:

    4 Him

  • Album:

    Encore... For Future Ge...

INTRO: Fm2  Fm     Db  Db 
VERSE 1 
Fm2        Fm                 Db      Db    
 I've been looking at the past   hmmm 
Fm2         Fm                Db                Db 
 I've wasted too much time on things that won't last 
Fm2         Fm                Db               Db 
 I've built a kingdom out of rubble and sand, 
      Ab             Eb/G          Fm    
but I don't, I don't want to hold onto it all 
 
BRIDGE: 
                 Db7M  
I'm ready for the river to run, 
     Eb       Ebsus   Eb    Ebsus 
and wash it away 
 
Chorus: 
            Ab         Eb     Fm         Db 
I'm singin' come sweet water, cleanse my soul, 
Ab      Eb      Fm      Db 
 shower me and make me whole 
Ab       Eb        Fm       Db 
 consume me with a healing flood 
Bbm7                   Ebsus      Eb               break 
 leave no traces of the man that I was 
                  Fm2   Fm   Db  Db 
before the river came 
 
VERSE 2: 
Fm2         Fm                Db         Db 
 There's no freedom in the chains,  hmmm 
Fm2               Fm             Db                Db 
 they'll hold you captive to the guilt of your stains 
Fm2          Fm              Db        Db 
 one drop of water brings an ocean of change 
       Ab      Eb/G        Fm 
and I long, I long to move on from it all 
 
REPEAT BRIDGE AND Chorus 
 
SECOND BRIDGE: 
Fm7                 Bb9           Eb              Ab 
   Baptize and then bury me until only You remain (come and rescue) 
Fm7                     Bb9             Eb              Bb7     Ab 
   I don't wanna be the man that I was, long before the river came.  
 
KEY CHANGE 
            F          C      Dm         Bb 
I'm singin' come sweet water, cleanse my soul 
F        C       Dm      Bb 
  shower me and make me whole 
F       C          Dm       Bb 
 consume me with a healing flood 
Gm7                      Csus      C 
 leave no traces of the man that I was 
                      Dm 
before the river came.
Show more