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                               Riverheart
                 Copyright Naomi Rivkis and Ray Phoenix

Am                          Dm      Am
Oh she's a snake and she's wearing silver
                            Em      Am
White water mocking me when I want gold
                             Dm        Am
She winds around me and she makes me shiver
                               Em      Am
Pours through my hands but so hard to hold
   C                   Dm         Am
I never saw myself as much of a dreamer
 C                               Em7       Am
Just here to grab my stake and then get a wife
     C                      Dm          Am
I'd never seen the way she looks in winter
           Am             Em7        Am
Now I'm a madman and the river's my life


    pick
             C             G              Am
    And she rises and she falls and she shines
              C                G               Em
    And she whispers all her treasure will be mine
              C             G6       Am
    And she smiles like the sun, so fine
              G6  G       Am
    Then her face turns away
               C               G            Am
    And she's running down the side of the hill
              C             G6                            Em
    And I'll die if I don't catch her and I know I never will
             Am            G6         Am
    And she teases me and haunts me still
             Em7         Am
    In the chill of the day

    strum
        Am               G     Em
    Oh Mama, your little boy's lost

    pick
      Am                 G         AmG       Em
    I came for the money without knowing the cost
              Am               G         Em
    I've got more now than I thought to boast,
            Em7           Am
    But I still have to stay.

Am                     Dm       Am
Have you ever seen her banks in summer
                              Em      Am
Bright gold and wildflowers sharing space?
                                Dm       Am
Laughed in the valley and then heard her answer
                             Em       Am
Followed her curves into a shadowed place?

       C                     Dm        Am
Don't try to tell me of the girls I'm missing
   C                           Em7    Am
I never thought that you could understand
       C                        Dm            Am
I'll stand beside her with the sun's own blessing
              Am           Em7     Am
I'll feel her icy current ring my hand.

    CHORUS
 Am                                   Dm      Am
Hot autumn droughts have brought her hard to heel,
                                    Em      Am
Her sweating sides are strewn with gold to take.
                                Dm        Am
I leave it there to watch her twist and wheel,
                             Em           Am
Dig down to cavern beds for life's sweet sake.
C                   Dm       Am
Oh mama, don't you weep and worry,
      C                     Em7      Am
When rangers come to say I can't be found.
  C                    Dm        Am
I am her man and I am going with her,
           Am              Em7      Am
I'm gonna follow her, deep in the ground.


                C                G                 Am
    And she'll rise, and she'll fall, and she'll shine
                 C               G6              Em
    And she'll whisper all her treasure will be mine
                 C                     Am
    And she'll smile like the sun, so fine,
              G6  G       Am
    Then her face turns away.
                C           G            Am
    And she'll run down the side of the hill
              C                 G6                               Em
    And I'll laugh when I don't catch her 'cause I know I never will
                Am                  G6        Am
    And she'll tease me and she'll haunt me still
             Em7         Am
    In the chill of the day,
        Am            G     Em
    Oh mama, your boy is a man,
     Am              G       Am  G      Em
    Got all I wanted in the palm of my hand
            Am            G           Em
    And I know you still don't understand
            Em7        Am
    But I'm going to stay
           Em7         Am
    To the end of the day.



Online:
    http://Steve.Savitzky.net/Songs/riverheart/lyrics.chords.txt

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