Chords
The River

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
 C                                                             A 
As I walk through the valley of the
 D                             G 
shadow of L.A.
                 C                                                   A 
The footsteps that were next to me have
 D                                                           G 
gone their separate ways
                                   C                                                                   A 
I've seen enough now to know that beautiful things don't
 D                                               G 
always stay that way
                                   C                                                                   A 
I've done enough now to know this beautiful place isn't
 D                                             G 
everything they say
 C         D                     G                                 A 
    I heard that evil comes disguised
 C                                               D                         G                                                   A 
    like the city of angels I'm walking towards the light
 C                                               A 
    Baptized in the river I've seen a
 D                                                             G            Dm 
vision of my life And I wanna be delivered
 C                                                         A 
    In the city I was a sinner I've done a
 D                                                                     G                Dm 
lot of things wrong But I swear I'm a believer
 C                                                   A 
    Like the prodigal son I was out on my
 D                                                           G              Dm 
own Now I'm trying to find my way back home
 C                                             A                           D                         G               Dm 
    Baptized in the river I'm delivered I'm delivered
                                               C                                                                 A 
You?re from a small town You're gonna grow up fast
 D                                                   G 
underneath these lights.
                           C                                             A 
Down in Hollywood on the boulevard, the
 D                                                     G 
dead come back to life.
                       C                                                 A 
To the praying Mother the worried Father,
 D                                             G 
Let your children go.
     C                                                                 A 
If they come back they'll come home stronger, and
 D                                               G 
if they don't you'll know
 C                 D                     G                                 A 
    They say that evil comes disguised
 C                                               D                         G                                                   A 
    like the city of angels I'm walking towards the light
 C                                               A 
    Baptized in the river I've seen a
 D                                                           G              Dm 
vision of my life And I wanna be delivered
 C                                                       A 
    In the city I was a sinner I've done a
 D                                                                   G                  Dm 
lot of things wrong But I swear I'm a believer
 C                                                 A 
    Like the prodigal son I was out on my
 D                                                           G                  Dm 
own Now I'm trying to find my way back home
 C                                             A                           D                         G               Dm 
    Baptized in the river I'm delivered I'm delivered
 C                                                 A                             D                 G        Dm 
    Baptized in the river (on my own)
    Baptized in the river (on my own)
 C                                               A 
    I confess I'm a sinner I've seen a
 D                                                           G              Dm 
vision of my life And I wanna be delivered
Data: 7/8/07