• Song:

    There Is A River

  • Artist:

    Jars of Clay

  • Album:

    Good Monsters

Csus4                      C
There is a river that washes you clean
           Csus4                               C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
                    Am                      D 
Blood that was spilled, although not your own,
                   Am             Csus4                     C               
For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done
C                    Am
And all of those nights
          C                           G
Spent alone in the darkness of your mind
Csus4              Em   Am
Give it up, Let go
C                                    G
These are things you were never meant to shoulder

             Csus4                    C
There is a river that washes you clean
             Csus4                              C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
                    Am                     D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
                  Csus4                G
For all of those tears, love will atone

                   Am
So, give up the right
     Csus4                                  C
To control the waves that empty out your life
              Am
Above wild skies
          Csus4                              G              
Are the rays that break the shadows we design

      Csus4      Em  Am  
Give it up, let go
      Csus4                                      C
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
      Csus4       G
Give it up, let go

(Chorus)

Csus4                Em                 Am 
I know the world can turn in different ways
Csus4                 Em               Am
Most of the time, we're simply hanging on
Csus4                     Em         Am
And under the signs of how we all behave
Csus4                                G
We might find the place where we belong

Csus4-Em-Am (3x) Csus4-F-G

              Csus4                   C
There is a river that washes you clean
              Csus4                              C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
                    Am                      D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
                   Csus4                C
For all of these things, love will atone
                   Csus4                         C
For all of those nights, that you cried all alone
                 Csus4                C
For all of your tears, love will atone
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