Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver River Of Tears Chords

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To young and proud parents [F] a baby is [Bb] born
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_ _ _ _ They both weep softly [F] as he's placed in her _ _ _ _
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While [Bb] just one floor below them [F] cries a family in grief _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] For a loved one crossed Jordan
[F] Their maker [Bb] to me
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_ _ [Bb] handsome young man walks the [Bb] aisle with his bride _ _ _ _ _
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The onlookers proudly wipe [C] tears from [F] their _ _ eyes _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] A few short years later the [C] papers [F] are fine _ _ _
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They both cry in anger [F] in a fight for [Bb] their child
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_ [F] _ Winding [Bbm] through life
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[Eb] Runs a river [Bb] of tears _ _ _ _ _
Flowing deep with emotion [C] with each [F] passing year
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_ _ Tears [Bb] of pain and joy
[Eb] Tears of gain [Bb] and loss
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ Time and again we [Eb] must cross
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The river [Bb] of tears
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_ _ _ _ Two teenage _ soldiers [Eb] march bravely [Bb] to war _ _ _
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[Bb] To battle for freedom [Cm] on some [F] distant shore
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] One returns safely [F] to tears of great joy _ _
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[Bb] While the others folks mourn for [F] the loss [Bb] of their boy
_ _ _ _ [F] [Bb] Winding _ _ _ through _ life _ _ _ _
[Eb] Runs a river [Bb] of _ _ _ tears _
Flowing deep with emotion _ [C] with each [F] passing year
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_ _ _ [Bb] Tears of pain and joy
[Eb] Tears of gain [Bb] and loss
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ Time and again we [Eb] must cross
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The river [Bb] of tears
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_ _ Sooner [Cm] or later we'll [Eb] cross _ _
The _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ river [Bb] of tears _ _
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