Key: A
Introduction: Am G F G Am
G F G Am
I was born by a river
G F G Am
Rolling past a town
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Given no direction
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Just told to keep my head down
Am G Dm
As I took my position
Am G Dm
A man fired a gun
Am G F G
I was so steeped in tradition I could not run
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I was raised by a river
G F G Am
Weaned upon the sky
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And in the mirror of the waters
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I saw myself learn to cry
Am G Dm
As the tears hit the surface
Am G Dm
I saw what had been done
Am G F G
I gave feet to my freedom and I did run
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Someday later
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I saw the writing in the dust
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It told me how I should travel
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It told me who I was
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I ran far from the river
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Far as I could see
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And as the sun hit my shoulders
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I felt it burning me
Am G Dm
How I longed for the waters
Am G Dm
As the fire raged
Am G F G
How I longed for the river as I aged
G F G Am
I will die by a river
G F G Am
As it rolls away
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Bury me in the night time
G F Dm
Do not waste the day
Am G Dm
High above the waters
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That roll on to the sea
Am G F Am
All the angels in heaven will laugh at me
G F Am
They will laugh at me
G F
They will laugh at me
G Am
They will laugh at me
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My life was naught but a river
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Rolling through my brain
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Made of so many teardrops
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Made of so much pain