River Chords by Natalie Merchant

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_ _ _ You _ _ _
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_ Young and strong
_ [Ebm] In [Abm] _ the early morning _ _ [B] Star
_ _ _ _ _ Young [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
[Gb] and _ _ strong _ _ _
[Abm] Then we embrace _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ Storm and [Gb] _ wave
_ Let _ [Db] the youth of America _ mourn _
[B] Include him in their prayers _
[Db] Let his image linger on _ _
[B] Repeated _ _ everywhere _ _
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With _ candles, [Ebm] with flowers
[B] _ _ He _ _ _ was _ _ _ one, _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ one [Gb] of _ ours
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[Abm] Why don't you let him be _
[B] His God, we know _
[Gb] Give his mother and his father _ peace
You vultures' candor, you casual slander
He's the [Abm] human of his memory _ _
[B] His God, _ we know _
[Gb] Is nothing but a _ tragedy
Let [Db] _ it rest your soul and body
[B] Lay beside your name
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[Db] Let it rest your rage, your hunger
[B] And amazing grace _ _
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[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ With [B] _ _ candles, [Ebm] _ with [B] flowers
_ _ _ He _ was _ one, [Abm] _ _ _ _
one _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Abm] of ours
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[B] I saw cameras _ _ expose [Abm] _ your [Ebm] _ [Abm] lies _
[B] I heard rumors _ _ explode [Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] [Gb] with [Abm] lies
I [B] saw children _ in tears [Abm] cry
_ And crowd around [Db] the sight
_ Of where you had [B] all of them
_ Where _ _ [Db] your mask had been worn _ _
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Where your heart _ _ _ _ _
[B] had died
_ _ _ Where you [Db] had _ died
_ Where you [B] had died
In their infinite _ praise
So how [Db] they were lost and grieving
All had to leave [B] you in the _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Lost and grieving
Lost and grieving
And how they _ _ _ _
[B] were dying
In their infinite praise
So [Db] how they were lost and grieving
All had _ _ to leave [B] _ _ _ _ you in the
Lost _
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[B] Lost and grieving
In their _ infinite praise _ _
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