Across The River (CHORDS) by Blitzen Trapper

      G              Em
Well I dove into that river

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To see what I could find

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And the water it rolled on top of me

       C                D
And the stars refused to shine


       G            Em
Well I swam until I could not swim

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Then I swam a little more

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And the current held me like a lover’s arms

           C              D
And then it left me on the shore


      G                       Em
Then I stood and looked to from where I came

   C           G     D
The place where I was born

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But it seemed to me only half is real

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Like the dark and distant storm


     G                      Em
And I breathed the air around me

C       G          D
I felt my heart beat new

     C       G          D       G
For I left my home and I nearly drowned

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For a glimpse of something few have ever seen


      G                  Em
Then I walked up from the shoreline

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To a city shining bright

     C          G               D      G
And I walked the streets of that lovely place

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Till the coming of the night


         G              Em
But there were no voices speaking

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There was not a soul around

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So I sat alone on an empty throne

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In the middle of that town


[Chorus]~
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And I said oh my,.. oh me

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Oh me,.. oh my

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There’s a river that runs between the sun

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And the darkness of our lives

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You can hit the road or stay in bed

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You can sink or swim or fight

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But when all of this is said and done

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You gon’ walk so gently still into that night


      G                Em
Then I sat so still and silent

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With my head hanging low

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And an emptiness like a barren field

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You know it settled round my soul


      G            Em
Then a man appeared before me

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Though I tried,.. I can’t deny

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That he had my father’s face and hands

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But his eyes shone like the sky


          G           Em
He said my son,.. you’ve come too soon

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You better get on outta here

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You know I’d let you stay but round here a day

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Is much like a thousand years


        G               Em
And your heart is like a diamond

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It splits the light in two

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And you’ll only shine for a certain time

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Till you’re swallowed up in blue


[Chorus]~
          C      G
And I said oh my,.. oh me

C  G      D
Oh me,.. oh my

         C          G       D        G
There’s a river that runs between the sun

       C               D
And the darkness of our lives

       C               G
You can hit the road or stay in bed

       C       G       D
You can sink or swim or fight

        C      G       D        G
But when all of this is said and done

        C              D             G
You gon’ walk so gently still into that night


    G              Em
So I dove into that river

C       G      D
Again a second time

       C     G         D     G
And the water rolled on top of me

       C                D
And the stars refused to shine


      G            Em
Then I swam until I could not swim

     C         G      D
And I sank just like a stone

      C    G           D      G
When I woke again I was laying in

  C             D
My bed inside my home


      G                 Em
Then I walked out to the city streets

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With the voices high and bright

     C            G       D     G
And I breathed the air without a care

     C                D
And I walked so gently still

         G
Into that light