Riff 1:
  Am            Em                 Am            Em
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------5-5/7-----------------|----------5---------------------|
E|5---5-5-8-----------------------| 5---5-5-8-----0-----------------|

Riff 1 repeats through the verses and chorus.  This is what the bass plays, and you can make the song alright
just by using Riff 1.
Use this theme, but mix up the rhythm as you desire to keep the sound interesting.

Riff 2:
Am              Em                 Am            Em
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------4-----5-4-5-4-----| 2-----2-0-2---------------------|
D|7-----7-5-7---------------------|--------------2-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

Riff 2 is what the keyboard plays just after the chorus, with some walk-ups and -downs and other fills.
Repeat it as many times as you like after each chorus, then switch back to Riff 1 and immediately start
the next verse.
Between Riffs 1 and 2, you can make the song sound pretty complete.
The chords for the whole song are just back and forth between Am and Em!

(Riff 1)
When I was quite young, I had learned to fear
I was taught to listen But not to hear
From my mother's arms I was cruelly torn         
And they whipped my ass on the day I was born                   
Little brother he died at the age of five              
Said, he lost his soul, he was not baptized
But the river it flows
And the Heavens cry
And we'll all be drowned
In the river in the river
In the river (Riff 2)

(Riff 1)
I remember my sister on her saddest day
When the boy she loved had been called away
Seems he gave his life in a foreign land
Still my sister cries; she'll never understand
Now the world is hard and the cowards lie
And the fool loves war and the gentle die
But the river flows and the Heavens cry
And we'll all be drowned in the river in the river
In the river (Riff 2)

(Riff 1)
Well we built a dam when the first rains fell
We built it high and we built it well
But the waters rose like a beast from hell
Now my house is gone, and the town as well
So we gather here for a solemn prayer
For the lives we lost and the love we shared
Still the river it flows and the Heavens cry
And we'll all be drowned in the river in the river
In the river (Riff 2)

In the river (repead ad lib to Riff 2 until end)

 Riff 1:
  Am            Em                 Am            Em
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|----------5-5/7-----------------|----------5---------------------|
E|5---5-5-8-----------------------| 5---5-5-8-----0-----------------|

Riff 2:
Am              Em                 Am            Em
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------4-----5-4-5-4-----| 2-----2-0-2---------------------|
D|7-----7-5-7---------------------|--------------2-----------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|