The River
              Copyright Stephen Savitzky.  CC by-nc-sa/4.0

    C                                    Am
We met in a place that was crowded with people
       C          Am           C            F
I was lonely and lost, and in search of a friend.
     C*              C      Am        F
You seemed to be someone I needed to talk to
     C        Csus2C      F         C
We started a journey not seeing the end.

 C*                         C      F        C      G
Time passed and our paths crossed more and more often
        C                                   F
Not completly by chance, nor precisely by plan.
   C*                        F       C       G
I sang you my songs and you told me your stories;
    F         C       Csus2 F        C
We loved without noticing when it began.


     C     C*                           F         G
    Now I feel that I've known you for most of forever;
          C               Am          C           F
    Old friends from the time before cities were made:
        C*                       F        C    G
    We walked in the sunlight beside the wild rivers,
      C            Am        F            C
    Slept in the quiet of a deep forest glade.

         F*                    C*                    F
    And love is a river that flows through time's forest
      F               C                     F
    Smooth in the shadow, and sparkling in sun;
    C*                  C    F       C      G
    Over the stones it goes singing by starlight
        C               Csus2      F           C
    To pools of deep silence the clear waters run.


            C                                     Am
When you're cold and alone in high hills of spent passion
   C            Am         C            F
Or lost in dark valleys of grief and despair
   C*          C          Am          F
Remember clear water runs down to the river
    C           Csus2         F             C
And follow your friendship to lead you back there.

       C*            C       F         C   G
It's a river so deep that we can't see the bottom,
  C                                  F
A river so long we can't walk to the end;
      C*                  F       C        G
We'll journey together beside the clear water;
   F        C       Csus2  F         C
As deep and as long as the love of a friend.


    C      C*                           F         G
    And I feel that I've known you for most of forever;
          C               Am          C           F
    Old friends from the time before cities were made:
        C*                       F        C    G
    We walked in the sunlight beside the wild rivers,
      C            Am        F            C
    Slept in the quiet of a deep forest glade.

         F*                    C*                    F
    And love is a river that flows through time's forest
      F               C                     F
    Smooth in the shadow, and sparkling in sun;
    C*                  C    F       C      G
    Over the stones it goes singing by starlight
        C               Csus2      F           C
    To pools of deep silence the clear waters run.

         F*                    C*                    F
    And love is a river that flows through time's forest
      F               C                     F
    Smooth in the shadow, and sparkling in sun;
    C*                  C    F       C      G
    Over the stones it goes singing by starlight
        C               Csus2      F           C
    To pools of deep silence the clear waters run.


Sometimes I just get carried away by a metaphor.  This started out trying to
be something quite different.  It came together in less than 18 hours.


Online:
    http://Steve.Savitzky.net/Songs/river/lyrics.chords.txt

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