The River Is Wide Chords by The Grass Roots

_ _ _ _ _ _ The _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ sky was clear on that windy _ day, _ _
_ _ Till the clear blue sky began to turn to grey. _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ The lightning flashed, the thunder rolled up my arm, _ _
_ [F] _ Then fell a drop of rain to start all over.
We let the river [Ebm] clear away, the river [Ab] kept flowing now,
The water [Db] runs deep, and our [Bbm] love gets strong now,
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight, and say [Ab] you belong now, [Bbm] to _ me. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Upon the roof we heard the gentle rain, _ _ _
_ _ With [Eb] the [Bb] rhythm of our heartbeats down it came, _ _
[Eb] _ _ As the day dropped our hearts could feel the _ pain, _
_ [F] _ No one on earth can stop a drop of rain.
And the river [Ebm] gets wide, the [Ab] river gets long [Db] now,
The water runs deep, and our love [Bbm] gets strong now,
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight, and say you [Ab] belong now, [Bbm] to me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ We let the river [Ebm] get wide, the river [Ab] gets long now,
The water [Db] runs deep, and our [Bbm] love gets strong now,
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight, and say [Ab] you belong now, [F] to me.
_ [Bb] _ _
We let [Ebm] the river get wide, the river [Ab] gets long now,
The water [Db] runs deep, and our [Bbm] love gets strong now,
So baby [Ebm] don't you fight, and say [Ab] you belong now, to me.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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