The River Is Wide Chords by The Grass Roots

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_ [Bb] _ The [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] sky [Bb] was clear on a windy _ day. _ _
_ _ The clear sky _ began to turn to grey. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ A lightning flash from the road above _ _ _
[F] and _ _ fell a drop of rain just like all of you.
We let the river [Ebm] get away, the river [Ab] gets warm now.
[Db] The water runs deep as our [Bbm] love gets strong now.
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight and say [Ab] you belong now [Bbm] to _ me.
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_ _ _ On to you we head the gentle _ wind. _
_ _ With the rhythm of our heartbeats down it came near me.
[Eb] _ _ As it leaves rock our hearts could feel the pain. _ _
_ [F] _ _ No one on earth can stop and drop our pain.
And the river [Ebm] gets wide, the river [Ab] gets warm [Db] now.
The water runs deep as our love [Bbm] gets strong now.
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight and say [Ab] you belong now [Bbm] to me. _ _ _ _
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The river [Ebm] gets wide, the river [Ab] _ _ _
_ [Db] runs deep as our [Bbm] love gets strong now.
So [Ebm] baby don't you fight and say [Ab] you belong now [F] to _ me.
[Bb] The river gets [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] wide, the _
_ [Db] river runs deep as our [Bbm] love gets strong now.
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight and say [Ab] you belong now.
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