Chords for John Hiatt - The River Knows Your Name
Tempo:
127 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Bb
D
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[G] [Dm]
[C] [Bb] Oh
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
the river knows your name
And your [D] tears [C]
[C] [Bb] Oh
[C]
[D] [Bb]
[F] [C]
[G] [F]
the river knows your name
And your [D] tears [C]
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C
F
Bb
D
G
C
F
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ the river _ _ knows _ your name _ _
_ And your [D] tears _ [C] _
falling like [Bb] the rain _ _ _
_ All around you _ [C] _
_ suffering [D] in pain
_ [Bb] _
_ Oh [F] the river _ _ [C]
knows _ [G] your name _ _
_ And the river [F] _ _ _
_ _ hears you cry _ _
_ _ As [D] the lightning _ _ [C] cracks the [Bb] open sky _
_ _ As your mama _ _ _ sings a [D] _ lullaby _
_ [Bb] _ _ Oh [F] the river, _
_ [C] _ well she knows [G] why
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let the river _ _ _ _ _ wash you down _
_ _ _ [D] Neat the surface _ [C] with a rushing [Bb] _ sound
_ _ _ Like a freight train _ [C] _ passing through a [D] town
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] Let the river _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] wash you [G] down
_ _ [F] _ Let the river _ _ take _ [F] _
away
_ _ All _ [D] the words [C] you and I could [Bb] never say
_ _ _ In the _ _ silence [C] _ darling let us [D] pray
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Let the river _ [C] _ _ _
take it [F] all away _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oh the river, _ _ _ she knows your name
_ From _ _ [D] the Brasos [C] to the _ Wabash to [Bb] the Seine _ _
_ _ No two journeys _ [C] are ever quite the [Dm] same _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] But the river, _ [C] _ _ she knows [F] your name
_ _ [Bb] _ Oh the river, _ _ _ [C] she knows your _ _ [G] name
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] Oh _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ the river _ _ knows _ your name _ _
_ And your [D] tears _ [C] _
falling like [Bb] the rain _ _ _
_ All around you _ [C] _
_ suffering [D] in pain
_ [Bb] _
_ Oh [F] the river _ _ [C]
knows _ [G] your name _ _
_ And the river [F] _ _ _
_ _ hears you cry _ _
_ _ As [D] the lightning _ _ [C] cracks the [Bb] open sky _
_ _ As your mama _ _ _ sings a [D] _ lullaby _
_ [Bb] _ _ Oh [F] the river, _
_ [C] _ well she knows [G] why
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Let the river _ _ _ _ _ wash you down _
_ _ _ [D] Neat the surface _ [C] with a rushing [Bb] _ sound
_ _ _ Like a freight train _ [C] _ passing through a [D] town
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] Let the river _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] wash you [G] down
_ _ [F] _ Let the river _ _ take _ [F] _
away
_ _ All _ [D] the words [C] you and I could [Bb] never say
_ _ _ In the _ _ silence [C] _ darling let us [D] pray
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Let the river _ [C] _ _ _
take it [F] all away _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oh the river, _ _ _ she knows your name
_ From _ _ [D] the Brasos [C] to the _ Wabash to [Bb] the Seine _ _
_ _ No two journeys _ [C] are ever quite the [Dm] same _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] But the river, _ [C] _ _ she knows [F] your name
_ _ [Bb] _ Oh the river, _ _ _ [C] she knows your _ _ [G] name
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _