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Storm On The River by Jason Harrington


         Storm On The River 



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
Em Em Em Cmaj7 (x4)
 
[Verse 1]
Em
I saw my reflection in the stormy weather
Em
A broken mirror put me back together.
Cmaj7
It said to me "Child, it's now or it's never.
       Bsus4
You've waited for too damn long."
Em
Sang to me sweetly that I was in shackles
Em
I smiled back and said, "Hell, what does it matter."
    Cmaj7
I'd always assumed that things would get better
   Bsus4
If I just kept carrying on.
 
[Chorus]
    C            D              G    D/F#      Em
So, take time to say goodbye to everything you know
      C                     D                          Em
Cause there ain't no way of knowing where you're gonna roam.
        C  G          D         G     D         Em
But the river's gonna flow; no matter where you go.
      C    G        D           G        D    C        D
Gonna take you back home. Gonna take you back home.
 
[Instrumental]
Em Em Em Cmaj7 (x4)
 
[Verse 2]
Em
I met an old man. His clothes were in tatters.
Em
He looked at me and said, "Son, my ego's been shattered.
  Cmaj7
I was once like you. I thought maybe it mattered,
    Bsus4
But now I can see I was wrong."\
Em
He said he'd seen witnesses plagued by forgiveness
Em
as he walked through the shelter to eat with the children.
   Cmaj7
He wondered if he would still be remembered,
   Bsus4
Or had he been gone for too long?
 
[Chorus]
    C            D              G    D/F#      Em
So, take time to say goodbye to everything you know
      C                     D                          Em
Cause there ain't no way of knowing where you're gonna roam.
        C  G          D         G     D         Em
But the river's gonna flow; no matter where you go.
      C    G        D           G        D    C        Em D/F#
Gonna take you back home. Gonna take you back home.
 
[Bridge]
        G           D           Em          C
And the sirens they sing of the spaces in between.
        G              D             Em              C
In the middle of these dreams, we'll find ourselves again.
   G           D        Em              C
So don't be afraid, and dry your crying eyes.
  G           D           Em             C
Tomorrow is a promise and yesterday is a lie.
          G
There's a portrait I've seen in a strange satellite
   D
It opened my mind, and opened my eyes
   Em
It taught me to love, then it taught me to fight
        C
Then it left me alone to search for the light.
G
Since I've sheperds alone with no sheep.
     D
I've seen a young baby too hungry to eat.
     Em
I've met an old poet to angry to speak.
      C
So he whispered his words through his grinding teeth.
         G
He said, "Lord, send me shelter, I'm lost in the storm.
  D
I feel so forgotten, I feel so alone.
    Em
I'm wounded, exhausted, and ache to the bone,
      C
And I can't shake the feeling that I've been here before.
          G
I've been twisted and turned down and blocked from above.
           D
I've given in to addiction when the push turned to shove.
     Em
I've felt the affliction of a life without love,
      C
and I think I've seen enough."
 
[Instrumental]
G     D     Em     C
G     D     Em     Em D G Em D G
 
[Chorus]
    C            D              G    D/F#      Em
So, take time to say goodbye to everything you know
      C                     D                          Em
Cause there ain't no way of knowing where you're gonna roam.
        C  G          D         G     D         Em
But the river's gonna flow; no matter where you go.
      C    G        D           G        D    C        G
Gonna take you back home. Gonna take you back home.





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