Songbook

Rivers

By The Tallest Man on Earth

[Verse]
C                           G
  So there's longing in the shoulders now
Am                             F
  There was a wildness in that time
             G
Can't we now say
                  C          F        G
Oh sweet were the hours, but hours to find

C                             G
  There was no way to live in simple dreams
Am                                 F
  There was no straightness to our line
          G
Gravel in hand
               C          F         G
Darling, we're moving the mountains around

[Chorus]
F                     G
  This is the fire of leaving pains,
         C       Cmaj7        Am
when the love is gone but the need remains
F                   G
Into the shiver and cold of day,
         C        Cmaj7        Am
when the house is gone but the street remains
             G
I guess it's true
F                            C
  I guess these rivers never knew

[Verse]
C                    G
  And so finally the night time comes
Am                          F
  There is no lot to cast a blame
           G
No need to hide
                C            F       G
No fear who I'd meet in some grocery lane

[Chorus]
F                     G
  This is the fire of leaving pains,
         C       Cmaj7        Am
when the love is gone but the need remains
F                   G
Into the shiver and cold of day,
         C        Cmaj7        Am
when the house is gone but the street remains
             G
I guess it's true
F                            C
  I guess these rivers never knew

[Interlude]
F C G Am
F C G Am

[Verse]
C                                   G
  And I'll sing of seasons 'til you turn me off
Am                         F
  I see the way of letting go
               G
They'll be the same
             C             F         G
And whatever changes these changes I know

[Chorus]
F                     G
  This is the fire of leaving pains,
           C        Cmaj7          Am
when we're not that strong but the need remains
F                   G
Into the shiver and lights of day,
         C        Cmaj7        Am
when the house is gone but the fields remain
             G
I guess it's true
F                            C
  I guess these rivers never knew

[Outro]
F C G Am
F C G Am