By The River

Dm C A# A --2>3-3>2- (4th string) Dm C A# A --2>3-3>2- (4th string) Dm C By the river, through the summer A# A ---2>3-3>2 (4th string) I waited patiently Dm C You would promise, with all your power A# A To come and rescue me ----7---5---3---2-- (6th string) Dm To come and set me free Dm C And you were running through the valley A# A ---2>3-3>2 (4th string) Heading straight for me Dm C My mind was shaking, but I was ready A# A For you to rescue me ----7---5--3---2-- (6th string) Dm For you to set me free Dm Hooooo oohhh C Hooooo oohhh A# Hooooo oohhh A ------2>3-3>2 (4th string) Heeyyyyy Dm C I found a letter, floating in a bottle A# A -------2>3-3>2 (4th string) Being washed away to the sea Dm C Penned by freedom, addressed to no one A# A For who now could it be Dm Hooooo oohhh C Hooooo oohhh A# Hooooo oohhh A ------2>3-3>2 (4th string) Heeyyyyy Dm C I saw a vision, some kind of apparition A# A ----2>3-3>2 (4th string) But it felt so real, so free Dm C I had conversation, a faint deliberation A# A For who now could it be ----7-5-3--2--- (6th string) Dm For anyone but me Dm Hooooo oohhh C Hooooo oohhh A# Hooooo oohhh A ------2>3-3>2 (4th string) Heeyyyyy Dm Hooooo oohhh C Hooooo oohhh A# Hooooo oohhh A ------2>3-3>2 (4th string) Heeyyyyy Dm Something fell apart in me C As I watched my soul depart from me A# As I fade into eternity A I'm free (repeat bridge as many times as you like)