There is a River by Jars Of Clay
Note: I put G/Am in the song, this is wrong but works.
It’s actually just a half G.
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(Let these chords ring at the start)
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own,
(Start strumming on the A minor)
Am F C
For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done
C Am
And all of those nights
F G
Spent alone in the darkness of your mind
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, Let go
F G
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
Am
So, give up the right
F C
To control the waves that empty out your life
Am
Above wild skies
F G
Are the rays that break the shadows we design
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, let go
F Em Am G/Am
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F G
Give it up, let go
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
F Em Am
I know the world can turn in different ways
F Em Am
Most of the time, we're simply hanging on
F Em Am
And under the signs of how we all behave
F G
We might find the place where we belong
F Em Am G/Am (3x) F G
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F C
For all of these things, love will atone
F C
For all of those nights, that you cried all alone
F C
For all of your tears, love will atone