The River ukulele

The River

• G

***Guitar 1 plays the chords at all times, Guitar 2 plays riffs where  
indicated 
 
4/4 time 
In the key of A minor 
 
INTRO 
Guitar 1: strum           |Am-->                     G 
 
Guitar 2: 
 
VERSE 1 
Am                      F     G 
I stood and watched my Daddy die 
Am            F        Em 
No one could help his plight 
Am                F        G 
He was trying to save our home 
Am                   F     Em 
On the day that the river rose 
Am               F          G 
It came alive I heard them say 
           RIFF #1 
           Am               F        Em     Am 
"There was nothing we could do as he washed away" 
 
Guitar 2: 
RIFF #1 
 
CHORUS 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F       Em 
Right into the core of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
 
VERSE 2 
Am                      F    G 
I'm a man now, but I'm only seven 
Am                          F       Em 
It's been hard since Daddy went to heaven 
Am                       F      G 
"We're staying now," my mother said 
Gtr2:RIFF #1 
     Am          F        Em      Am 
"He worked this land his life is here." 

Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
 
SOLO 
(v=vibrato) 
Guitar 2: 
 
 
VIOLIN SOLO 
Am F G x8 
 
VERSE 3 
Am                   F       G 
Won't you follow me late at night 
Am                     F       Em 
To the river when the moon is bright 
Am               F       G 
We can wash our sorrows down 
Am               F       Em 
Underneath that shining round 
Am              F           G 
Sitting in the still night air 
Am                  F     Em 
Can't you feel our Daddy there 
Am                         F        G 
There's life and death in all this power 
Am                F       Em 
Underneath these shining stars 

Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart of it 
Am              F        Em 
Right into the cause of it 
Am                F        G 
Running from the heart... 
Am              F        Em 
 
OUTRO 
Am F G x8 
(violin outro) 
End on Am  
  
                    

     				
  
      			        
          	
          	

              
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