Chords for Mama Kin - The River As She Runs | Sofar Perth

[Dm] My first song is called the river she runs and _
It's on my new album.
It's coming out and it's a _ song
I suppose just a song about
[Eb] _ _ trust in the face of
Feeling completely like how could that ever have happened or why is this happening [Am] or you know?
And I use the I'm pretty fascinated by rivers.
I've just spent the last month
camping with my two kids [G] and my
Husband on the banks of the Blackwood [C] got back 24 hours [G] ago. _
[Am] I was much hairier _ _ _ _
_ [F] You wouldn't have been able to see me up [G] here, but I've come out of my disguise _ [C] and
something about rivers that completely
[G] _ [Am] _
_ completely fascinate me
_ these _ coursing
[F] _ urgent bodies of water that
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Urban flow and [C] push their way to
Become completely transformed [Am] by the ocean never the same again.
They're fresh [F] and they're fresh and they come out of springs
_ Come down mountains and their [G] fresh water all the way and then they turn to Brian
And [C] _
_ _ they shape everything as they [Am] go
And _ _ _ _ then give life to everything
_ and in this [G] song the river um
_ The river isn't the analogy of [C] life
Because sometimes I just feel like I'm sitting on the banks [Am] and not taking any risks at all and just putting my feet in the water
And going it's _
[F] _ cold or it seems to be [G] really going very fast or seems to not be moving at all
_ [C]
And other times I just want [G] to be in it.
I [Am] don't care how fast it's going or how slow it's going
I completely trust it and I can float or I can lay on [F] my back
And I know I [G] can get breath whenever I need it
_ _ _ [C] When _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] saw you across the river _ a
[F] flash point in the night
_ _ [G] _ _
Firefly a moment _ _
[C] Appeasing to ignite the [Am] _ _
graceful erratic _ _ [F] a
promising the tall
_ [G] _
day and
whisper _ [C] to that _ to that which we are [F] drawn _ _ to that which we [G] are drawn _ to
That which we are [C] drawn
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I [Am] saw you and I knew you _
forever and at [Dm] once [G] in the heartbeat of that moment
Cross [C] the river as she runs
And [Am] I call to you to tell you that you shouldn't try to cross
[G] But the river she was raging and in the [C] range
_ my voice
Was [F] lost my _ [G] voice was lost
_ My _ voice [C] was lost _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So we [Am]
lay beside that river on the banks of either side
[G] But the river rose and snatched us and [C] she took us for a [G] ride
Yes, she [Am]
held us for a moment in her [F] swirling
Muddy throes [G] and she thrust us toward each other
Just to [C] force us to force us to let [F]
go
_ To force us to let [G] go
_ _ She forced us to let [C] go
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But [G] in the moment that I touched you in the [Am] moment you were mine
_ Your touch [F] it spoke in _ volumes
[G] Your touch spoke to sublime and when she laid me _ out
Upon her banks as [Am] I coughed a mess from out my lungs.
I watched her carry you all
_ [G] _ Further down down that river as she [C] runs _
Down that river as [F] she runs
Down that river as [G] she runs
Down that river as she [C] runs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ and [Am] so now I hold the [Fm] promise of
That touch that we [G] once failed
_ _ Now I hold the promise [Em] of the river where I never
Danced I [F] watched her take you further
To a calm and clear _ [G] place and for all the days that I draw [C] breath
Never will I [Am] forget
Your grace.
[Dm] I won't forget [G] your _ grace
your shining [C] _
grace
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