The River
(Tim Buckley)

TIM BUCKLEY
From Blue Afternoon, 1969

Verse 1:

C         Bb
I live by the river
                     C
And I hide my house away

              Bb
Then just like the river
               C
I can change my ways
           Bb
Oh, if you come to love me
                  C
You would stay forever
 Bb                        C
Inside my heart, inside my dreams
Bb              Ab    C
And time will fade
Bb              Ab    C
In time we'll love 

Verse 2:

In the street we walk as beggars
In the alley faithless kings
Ah, but it's the truth of life
That chains us in between
Those lost moments we steal
To keep our love alive
And our prize so tired after all the pain
And time will fade
In time we'll love 

Instrumental:
F / / / / / / / Eb / / / / / / / (x3)
F / / / / / / / Eb / / / Ab / / / C / / / / / / /

(repeat verse 1)

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To get a sound closer to the recording, try playing
A G F D C with a capo at the third fret representing the
C Bb Ab F Eb respectively.