The Will Of The River Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Tore out the map of [Em]Cali
[G]fornia
Drew it on my arm with [D]a ballpoint pen
All the ideas they try and [Em]pawn ya
[G]You can choose your place just like
Your [D]own patch of skin

[Verse 2]
[Em]It's so [A]hard lov[D]ing some
[Bm]body when there's
[Em]Some[A]thing inside me th[D]at pulls[Em] my arm[A]
[D]I'll stay [Bm]steady just as [G]long
As I'm [A]able to be

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
Not far from here I was de[Em]livered
[G]Grew up making promises with
[D]My fingers crossed
I'd go and stare into the [Em]river
[G]Learn the art of moving on
at [D]anyone's cost
You'll understand it from [Em]a distance
[G]A shiny silver line all[D]
squiggly and bent
Chooses the path of least [Em]res istance
[G]Flows under the heaviness
of [D]it's own intent

[Verse 4]
[Em]It's so [A]hard lov[D]ing some
[Bm]body when there's
[Em]Some[A]thing inside me th[D]at pulls[Em] my arm[A]
[D]I'll stay [Bm]steady just as [G]long
As I'm [A]able to be

[Verse 5]
[G]Taunt me, [D]want me,
just [A]never try to [Bm]haunt me
[G]A restless gho[D]st already wea[A]rs my
Body like [Bm]a glove
[G]Tend me, ben[D]d me,
just [A]never try [Bm]to mend me
[C]It's the only way that I know [A]how

[Interlude 2]
to love
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[Verse 6]
My heart it hangs inside me [Em]heavy
[G]It beats and keeps some kind
Of [D]dark secret time
It's quiet when I'm by the [Em]levee
[G]Watch the swirling rainbows of
[D]The factory slime

[Verse 7]
The flattest stones and mammoth [Em]bones
[G]Fossils for children scaven
[D]ging on the banks
Like it much better when [Em]alone
When [G]they ask me to play I
just say [D]I'm okay
Thanks

[Verse 8]
[Em]It's so [A]hard lov[D]ing some
[Bm]body when there's
[Em]Some[A]thing inside me[D]
[Em]I'll stay [A]calm, [D]I'll stay [Bm]steady just as [G]long
As I'm [A]able to be

[Outro 1]
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