Capo 2  

       G              Em  
Well I dove into that river 
   C        G     D 
To see what I could find 
        C        G       D     G 
And the water it rolled on top of me 
        C                D 
And the stars refused to shine 

        G            Em  
Well I swam until I could not swim 
       C        G     D 
Then I swam a little more 
        C       G              D       G 
And the current held me like a lover’s arms 
            C              D 
And then it left me on the shore 

       G                       Em  
Then I stood and looked to from where I came 
    C           G     D 
The place where I was born 
       C         G       D       G 
But it seemed to me only half is real 
         C                D 
Like the dark and distant storm 

      G                      Em  
And I breathed the air around me 
  C       G          D 
I felt my heart beat new 
      C       G          D       G 
For I left my home and I nearly drowned 
      C                    D             G 
For a glimpse of something few have ever seen 

       G                  Em  
Then I walked up from the shoreline 
     C    G       D 
To a city shining bright 
      C          G               D      G 
And I walked the streets of that lovely place 
C                      D    
Till the coming of the night 

          G              Em  
But there were no voices speaking 
          C     G    D 
There was not a soul around 
     C   G           D     G 
So I sat alone on an empty throne 
       C              D   
In the middle of that town 


[Refrão]
           C      G 
And I said oh my, oh me 
C  G      D 
Oh me, oh my 
          C          G       D        G 
There’s a river that runs between the sun 
        C               D 
And the darkness of our lives 
        C               G 
You can hit the road or stay in bed 
        C       G       D 
You can sink or swim or fight 
         C      G       D        G 
But when all of this is said and done 
         C              D             G 
You gon’ walk so gently still into that night 


       G                Em  
Then I sat so still and silent 
        C    G       D 
With my head hanging low 
       C    G           D      G 
And an emptiness like a barren field 
            C                 D   
You know it settled round my soul 

       G            Em  
Then a man appeared before me 
         C        G     D 
Though I tried, I can’t deny 
        C      G        D        G 
That he had my father’s face and hands 
        C                   D   
But his eyes shone like the sky 


           G           Em  
He said my son, you’ve come too soon 
           C      G     D 
You better get on outta here 
             C       G              D      G 
You know I’d let you stay but round here a day 
        C               D   
Is much like a thousand years 

         G               Em  
And your heart is like a diamond 
   C          G        D 
It splits the light in two  
           C    G           D       G 
And you’ll only shine for a certain time 
            C               D   
Till you’re swallowed up in blue 


[Refrão]
           C      G 
And I said oh my, oh me 
C  G      D 
Oh me, oh my 
          C          G       D        G 
There’s a river that runs between the sun 
        C               D 
And the darkness of our lives 
        C               G 
You can hit the road or stay in bed 
        C       G       D 
You can sink or swim or fight 
         C      G       D        G 
But when all of this is said and done 
         C              D             G 
You gon’ walk so gently still into that night 


     G              Em  
So I dove into that river 
C       G      D 
Again a second time 
        C     G         D     G 
And the water rolled on top of me 
        C                D   
And the stars refused to shine 

       G            Em  
Then I swam until I could not swim 
      C         G      D 
And I sank just like a stone 
       C    G           D      G 
When I woke again I was laying in 
   C             D   
My bed inside my home 

       G                 Em  
Then I walked out to the city streets 
         C      G       D 
With the voices high and bright 
      C            G       D     G 
And I breathed the air without a care 
      C                D   
And I walked so gently still 
          G 
Into that light