Chords for David Thomas Broughton - River lay

_ _ _ _ _ _ A [G] river of love _ _ _ flows through the valley [Em] of my heart _ _ _
_ _ And [D] it floods _ [A] my guts [Am] _ _ [Em] with fear _
_ _ _ _ Although the [Bm]
words are [C] soft [Em] and clear
_ _ _ _ _ They [Bm] can never _ bridge the [C] _ _
[Em] widening divide _ _ _ _ _
Despite [D] the _ generosity [C] _
of your _ [Em] allies _ _ _
_ _ Like [D] the reeds, [Am] they _ dampen [Em] the blow _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] And you [Am] can waste your life on the banks of the [Em] river Dane _
_ _ _ You [C] can waste your life on the banks of the river [Em] lake _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ But _ _ _ _ [C] it [Am] won't mean much if you don't [C] have something [Em] to say
_ _ It won't [C] mean _ [Am] much if you don't have [Em] something to say
_ And _ [C] you can walk with the others but you won't go the [Em] same way _
You _ can [C] walk with the others but you won't go the [Em] same way _
_ _ _ You can [C] waste your life on the banks of the [E] river [Em] lake
_ _ _ You [C] can waste your life on the banks of the river [Em] _ lake
_ _ _ _ [C] But it [Am] won't mean much [C] if you don't have something [Em] to say
_ _ _ You [C] can walk with the others but you won't go the [Em] same way _
_ _ _ _ [Am] You can walk with the others but you won't [G] go the [Em] same way _
_ _ _ You [C] can walk [Am] with the others [C] but you won't go the [Em] same way
_ _ A river of [Am] love _ _ _ flows through the [Em] valley of my heart
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I nicked [Am] my _ [C] guts [Em] _ in fear
_ _ _ [Am] _ But the [C] words are [Em] soft and they are clear
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They will never bridge the [Em] _ widening divide
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_ _ Despite the [Em] generosity of your _ allies
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