Kyla La Grange - The River
Throughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so
easy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find
it sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either
way, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.
-INTRO-
C (4 bars)
-VERSE-
[C]When I was 10 years old I alway[F]s needed to be tol[G]d[C]
That I should not be frightened [F]by the fact that we grow ol[G]d[C]
[Am]But as the days slipped by I felt[F] the pressing need[G] to cry[C]
And I qui[Am]ckly understood exa[F]ctly why they'd had[G] to lie[C]
[C]In the daylight I could cope, beca[F]use the sun seemed full of [G]hope[C]
I laughed enough for two grown me[F]n and learnt I could tell jokes[G][C]
But sa[Am]dness has a subtle [F]face and then it came t[G]o gloat[C]
We hea[Am]rd about the girl and [F]boy hung by their skipping [G]rope[C]
-CHORUS-
Isn't it to[Am]o hard to [G]con[C]ceive
Doesn't it bring[Am] you to your[G] knees?[C]
And all[Am] I [G]wa[F]nt to do [C]
is to fl[Am]oat with the river[G] so free.[C]
Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists
It crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists
Death will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss
But fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss
And I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood
A place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good
But life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind
Now he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear
But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears
And he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing
These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
So everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold
Lying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old
And maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song
Just hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free
Throughout the song there's a pattern which is fairly easy to work out but not so
easy to tab, so I'll omit that. Try improvising around the chords and you'll find
it sounds similar, or listening to the original if you want it to be exact. Either
way, a brilliant song with some brilliant lyrics, so have fun with it.
-INTRO-
C (4 bars)
-VERSE-
[C]When I was 10 years old I alway[F]s needed to be tol[G]d[C]
That I should not be frightened [F]by the fact that we grow ol[G]d[C]
[Am]But as the days slipped by I felt[F] the pressing need[G] to cry[C]
And I qui[Am]ckly understood exa[F]ctly why they'd had[G] to lie[C]
[C]In the daylight I could cope, beca[F]use the sun seemed full of [G]hope[C]
I laughed enough for two grown me[F]n and learnt I could tell jokes[G][C]
But sa[Am]dness has a subtle [F]face and then it came t[G]o gloat[C]
We hea[Am]rd about the girl and [F]boy hung by their skipping [G]rope[C]
-CHORUS-
Isn't it to[Am]o hard to [G]con[C]ceive
Doesn't it bring[Am] you to your[G] knees?[C]
And all[Am] I [G]wa[F]nt to do [C]
is to fl[Am]oat with the river[G] so free.[C]
Now, fear is not a gentle thing although it has no fists
It crawls down from your thoughts and ties you by your skinny wrists
Death will take your lips from you so that you cannot kiss
But fear will leave you screaming out for all the love you'll miss
And I had a friend who thought he knew exactly where he stood
A place in heaven's safe for him as long as he did good
But life and love ran through his veins and opened up his mind
Now he's got his gun but a new terror sings at night
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
And Larkin is the master in this poetry of fear
But he could never capture what cried darkly in his ears
And he would understand that though I wrote these words to sing
These petty verses cannot hope to tell you anything
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
So everyday I'll stop these thoughts before they'll take a hold
Lying in my bed pretending that I won't grow old
And maybe when I'm 84 I'll sit and sing this song
Just hope that if I do then this fear is dead and gone
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do is to float with the river so free
Isn't it too hard to conceive
Doesn't it bring you to your knees
And all I want to do
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free
Is to float with the river so free
