The River

© Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa

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	C	Am
We m	et in a place that was crowded with p	eople

	C	Am	C	F
I was l	onely and l	ost, and in s	earch of a fr	iend.

	C*	C	Am	F
You s	eemed to be some	one I n	eeded to t	alk to

	C	Csus2	C	F	C
We st	arted a j	ourn	ey not s	eeing the	end.

	C*	C	F	C	G
T	ime passed and our paths cr	ossed m	ore and m	ore oft	en

	C	F
Not comp	letly by chance, nor precisely by pl	an.

	C*	F	C	G
I s	ang you my songs and you t	old me y	our stor	ies;

	F	C	Csus2	F	C
We l	oved witho	ut notic	ing wh	en it beg	an.

C C* F G

N ow I f eel that I've known you for m ost of for ever;

C Am C F

Old fr iends from the t ime before c ities were m ade:

C* F C G

We w alked in the sunlight bes ide the w ild r ivers,

C Am F C

Sl ept in the qu iet of a d eep forest gl ade.

F* C* F

And l ove is a river that fl ows through time's for est

F C F

Sm ooth in the shad ow, and sparkling in s un;

C* C F C G

Over the stones it g oes s inging b y starl ight

C Csus2 F C

To p ools of deep sil ence the cl ear waters r un.

	C	Am
When you're	cold and alone in high hills of spent	passion

	C	Am	C	F
Or	lost in dark	valleys of	grief and des	pair

	C*	C	Am	F
Rem	ember clear	water runs	down to the	river

	C	Csus2	F	C
And	follow your	friendship to	lead you back	there.

	C*	C	F	C	G
It's a	river so deep	that we	can't see	the	bottom,

	C	F
A	river so long we can't walk to the	end;

	C*	F	C	G
We'll	journey together bes	ide the	clear wat	er;

	F	C	Csus2	F	C
As	deep and	as long	as the	love of a	friend.

C C* F G

And I f eel that I've known you for m ost of for ever;

C Am C F

Old fr iends from the t ime before c ities were m ade:

C* F C G

We w alked in the sunlight bes ide the w ild r ivers,

C Am F C

Sl ept in the qu iet of a d eep forest gl ade.

F* C* F

And l ove is a river that fl ows through time's for est

F C F

Sm ooth in the shad ow, and sparkling in s un;

C* C F C G

Over the stones it g oes s inging b y starl ight

C Csus2 F C

To p ools of deep sil ence the cl ear waters r un.

F* C* F

And l ove is a river that fl ows through time's for est

F C F

Sm ooth in the shad ow, and sparkling in s un;

C* C F C G

Over the stones it g oes s inging b y starl ight

C Csus2 F C

To p ools of deep sil ence the cl ear waters r un.

Sometimes I just get carried away by a metaphor. This started out trying to be something quite different. It came together in less than 18 hours.