Key of G5
Ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
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INTRO:
G5               E5          G5
Golden, golden, golden river run
G5                E5              G5
To the East then drop beneath the sun
    G5                E5         G5
And as the moon lies low and overhead
      ( D5 )  E5
We're lost

E5 - D5 - G5 - D5
E5 - G5 - Em7...

VERSE 1:
E5                      G5
Burn slow, burning up the back wall
E5                           G5
Long roads, where the city meets the sky
E5                          G5
Most days, most days stay the sole same
E5                                  G5
Please stay, for this fear it will not die

CHORUS:
           C5               G5
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
               D5              E5
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
             C5                 G5
Once I had a dream , it died long before
                D5             E5          ( E5 )
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore

VERSE 2:
E5                        G5
Down low, down amongst the thorn rows
E5                                    G5
Weeds grow, through the lilies and the vine
E5                           G5
Birds play, try to find their own way
E5                               G5
Soft clay, on your feet and under mine

CHORUS:
           C5               G5
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
               D5              E5
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
             C5                 G5
Once I had a dream , it died long before
                D5             E5          ( E5 )
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore

BRIDGE:
                 C5
Splitting at the seams
               G5
Heaving at the brace
                D5
Sheets all billowing
                    E5
The breaking of the day
            C5
Sea is not my friend
           G5
And everyone conspires
           D5
Still I choose to swim
            E5
Slip beneath the tide

             C5
Once I had a dream
             G5
Once I had a hope
               D5
That was yesterday
             E5
Not so long ago
                C5
This is not the end
                 G5
This is just the world
               D5
Such a foolish thing
               E5
Such an honest girl

CHORUS:
           C5               G5
If I had a boat, I would sail to you
               D5              E5
Hold you in my arms, ask you to be true
             C5                 G5
Once I had a dream , it died long before
                D5             E5
Now I'm pointed north, hoping for the shore