Chords for Derek Ryan Life Is A River

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ I went out walking on a fine [Db] summer day
Through hills [Eb] and the valleys, I soon [Ab] lost my way
[Eb] So I came [Ab] to an old man, _ kneeling down [Db] by a stream
_ _ Gazing into [Eb] the water, _ like he was lost [Ab] in a dream
_ In his hand [Db] was a picture, he'd learned to [Ab] for life
_ His eyes [Bb] filled with tears, as he tried not [Eb] to cry
_ Then he looked [Db] to the [Ab] heavens, and [Eb] started [Fm] to pray
_ [Eb] In the quiet [Db]
countryside, _ [Eb] I could hear the [Ab] man say
_ _ Life is a river, _ I'll go with [Db] the flow
_ And where it [Eb] will take me, the Lord [Ab] only knows
[Eb] _ I miss [Ab] you sweetheart, your kindness [Db] and love
_ But I know [Ab] one day, we'll sail [Eb] away on God's ocean [Ab]
above
[Db] _ [Ab] _ He said, now young man, you're a stranger [Db] to me
Could I bother [Eb] you kindly, _ for you're a comfort [Ab] to me
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] Today I am thinking, of a time [Db] long ago
And I need to [Eb] tell someone, of a girl I [Ab] love so
_ It's forty [Db] two years today, since Rose [Ab] took my hand
_ And proudly [Bb] I lived a life, her husband, [Eb] her man
_ Till only [Db] last [Ab] week, son, [Eb] God took her [Fm]
away
_ [Eb] As I kissed [Db] her softly, [Eb] these words she [Ab] did say
_ Life is a river, I'll go with [Db] the flow
And _ where it [Eb] will take me, the Lord [Ab] only knows
[Eb] _ I miss [Ab] you sweetheart, your kindness [Db] and love
_ But I know [Ab] one day, we'll sail [Eb] away on God's ocean [Ab]
[Db] above
_ [Ab] And with [Db] that the old man, sent me on [Ab] my way
_ And said by [Bb] the water, _ I'll kneel [Eb] for the day
I look [Db] at the [Ab] river, _ _ [Eb] starting out [Fm] on its life
_ [Cm] It's where [Ab] I feel close to, [Eb] _ my [Ab] beautiful wife _ _ _
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