|Bm |Bm | (2x)


[Verse 1]
Bm                          G
 I spent my time yeah just holding on
D                       Em
 Afraid to let go, the weight's swinging in my soul
Bm                         G
 No time for shaking this heavy load
D                      Em
 Before I take myself down, sinking like a stone


[Pre-Chorus 1]
      Bm
Gotta get myself together
       G
Gotta wash my body clean
       D
If I try to live forever
      Em
Gonna be the death of me
          Bm
'Cause a ghost is in the water
          G
And it's haunted by the future
       D
Gotta leave himself to nature
       Em
Gotta take me to the sea


[Chorus]
       Bm    D
Let me be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
Bm    D
Be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere

 Bm
(Be a river, won't you carry me?
                 Bm
(I can hear you calling me)


[Verse 2]
Bm                        G
 I'm going down with the waterfall
D                        Em
 Heading to places they haven't made a record for
Bm                        G
 Keep on the good side of every low
D                       Em
 Nowhere to hide, no horizon, nowhere to go


[Pre-Chorus 2]
    Bm
Sometimes I feel you with me
     G
Sometimes I go alone
     D
Sometimes you give your blessing
    Em
Sometimes I feel the love
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
That river gonna take me there
N.C.
Yeah, I know that river gonna take me there


[Instrumental]
|Bm D |G    |
|G    |Bm D |

[Bridge]
      Bm          D
That river gonna take me there
      G
That river gonna take me there
      G
That river gonna take me there
         Bm                    D
Yeah, I know that river gonna take me there


[Instrumental]
|Bm |G |D |Em | (2x)


[Chorus]
       Bm    D
Let me be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
Bm    D
Be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me (you calling me)
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
Bm    D
Be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere
Bm    D
Be a river
           G
Won't you carry me?
                G
I can hear you calling me
       Bm                     D
Gotta trust that river gonna lead me somewhere