Intro:
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River, river, carry me on
C5

Living river, carry me on
C5

River, river, carry me on
F5           C5

To the place where I come from
Bb5                      C5

Verse:
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So deep, so wide, will you take me on your back for a ride
C5  F5      C5            F5                          C5

If I should fall, would you swallow me deep inside
C5  G5      A5              F5               C5

River, show me how to float, I feel like I'm sinking down
C5      F5     G5    C5        F5                     C5

Thought that I    could     get along
A5    C5    E5 G5    F5       C5

Chorus:
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But here      in this water, my feet won't touch the ground
    C5       A5         D5      F5    D5      C5

I need something to turn  myself around
C5 A5 D5         F5 D5  C5

[verse]
Going away, away toward the sea
River deep, can you lift up and carry me
Oh roll on through the heartland
'Til the sun has left the sky
River, river, carry me high

[chorus]
'Til the washing of the water, make it all alright
Let your waters reach me, like she reached me tonight

Bridge:
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Letting go, it's so hard, the way it's hurting now
        A5          C5                F5

To get this love untied
   D5     E5   A5

So tough to stay with this thing, cos if I follow through
            C5                            F5

I face what I  denied
  D5      E5 A5

I'll get those hooks out of me
               C5     

And I'll take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side
         F5                     D5      E5    A5

Kill that fear of emptiness, that loneliness I hide
                  C5             F5        C5

[chorus]
River, oh river, river running deep
Bring me something that will let me get to sleep

In the washing of the water will you take it all away
Bring me something to take this pain away