* = strum once
[Intro]
C* Em*
Down to the river to silence me, love took me down to the river to silence me
C*
love took me down to the river to silence me, love took me down to the river to silence me
Em*
love took me down to the river to silence me, love took me down to the river to silence me
[Verse 1]
C* Em*
My love took me down to the river to silence me,
C* Em*
And when he left I could not speak.
C* Em*
I lay on the ground I tried to scream,
C* Em*
But no sound did come out, I could only bleed blue.
C* Em*
I waited for him till the frost did come,
C* Em*
My skin it turned blue and my body was numb.
C* Em*
But my heart it burned out till it was no more,
C* Em*
Still I wait on the ground I don't know what for.
[Chorus]
Am* Em*
There, there is a heart in here.
Am* Em*
Where, where is the heart in here?
Am C
This love's killing me but I want it to.
Am C
So long you're gone, just like I always knew.
G Am
But I'm still here waiting for you.
G Am (hold it out)
But I'm still here waiting for you.
[Verse 2]
C Em
My love took me down to the river to silence me.
C Em
And when he left I could not speak.
C Em
And what he said to me I can never say.
C Em
Because it's breaking my heart to this very day.
[Chorus]
Am* Em*
There, there is a heart in here.
Am* Em*
Where, where is the heart in here?
Am C
This love's killing me but I want it to.
Am C
So long you're gone, just like I always knew.
G Am
But I'm still here waiting for you.
G Am (hold it out)
But I'm still here waiting for you.
[Bridge] x13
C*
Down to the river to silence me,
Em*
love took me down to the river to silence me
(You should hear when they change from C to Em)
[Chorus]
Am Em
There, there is a heart in here.
Am Em
Where, where is the heart in here?
Am C
This love's killing me but I want it to.
Am C
So long you're gone, just like I always knew.
G Am
But I'm still here waiting for you.
G Am
But I'm still here waiting for you.
G Am
Here waiting for you.
G Am
Here waiting for you.