The Cool, Cool River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Moves like a fist through traffic
Anger and no one can heal it
Shoves a little bump into the momentum
It's just a little lump
But you feel it
In the creases and the shadows
With a rattling deep emotion
The cool, cool [Em]river[G]
[Em]Sweeps the w[G]ild, white ocean[Em][G]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Yes boss,
the [G]government handshake
Yes boss, the crusher of language
Yes boss, Mr. Stillwater
The face at the edge of the banquet
The cool, [Em]the cool [G]river
The cool, the cool river
[Em][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]I be[D]lieve in the [Em]future
[C]I may [G]liv[C]e in my [G]car[Asus4]
[D]My rad[G]io tun[Em]ed to
[C]The [G]voi[C]ce [G]of a star[Asus4]
[D]Song dogs bar[G]king at the
break of dawn
[Em]Lightning pushes [C]the edge
of a [G]thunderstorm[C][G]
[D]And these old hop[G]es and fears
[Em]Still at my si[C]de

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][G][Em][G]

[Verse 4]
[G]Anger and no one can heal it
Slides through the metal detector
Lives like a mole in a motel
A [Em]slide [G]in a slide projector
The cool, cool river
Sweeps the wild, white ocean
[Em]The [G]rage of lo[Em]ve turn[G]
[Em]s inward
[G]To prayers of [Em]de v[G]otion
[Em]And these pray[G]ers are
The constant road across the wilderness
[Em]These pray[G]ers are
These prayers are the memory
[Em]of G[G]od
The memory of God

[Verse 5]
And I [D]believe in the [G]fu [Em]ture
[C]We shall [G]suf[C]fer no [G]more
[D]Maybe not in my [G]lifetim[Em]e
[C]But in you[G]rs I f[C]eel[G] sure[Asus4][D]
Song dogs barking at the break
[G]of dawn
[Em]Lightning pushes the edges
of a [C]thunderstorm[G][Asus4]
[D]And these str[C]eets
Quiet as a [G]sleeping army
Send their battered [D]dreams [G]to heaven,
[C]to [G]heaven[C]
[G]For the mother's restless son
Who is a witness to, who is a [C]warrior
Who denies his urge [G]to break and run

[Verse 6]
Who [G]says: Hard times?
I'm used to them
The speeding planet burns
I'm used to that
[C]My life's so common[G]
it disappears
And sometimes even music
[C]Cannot [G]substitute for tears

[Outro 1]
[G][Em][G]