Intro: AmEm x2
Verse:
AmEm
Two lovers wander down to the shore
AmEm
Hand in hand the evening before
FGAmEm
The day that their hands will be joined
AmEm
She enters and swims with the foam
AmEm
He bids her come out and come home
FGAm
The deeper and colder she goes
Chorus:
AmEm
The silt of our wedding bed
AmEm
The pebbles where you lay your head
FGAmEm
Love come in, the water is fine
Verse:
Am
When shе is pulled beneath thе rush (ah,
Em
ah, ah)
AmEm
He waits and waits, his face aflush (oh,
oh)
FGAm
ʼTil the pale imitation drifts up
Chorus:
AmEm
The silt of our wedding bed
AmEm
The pebbles where you lay your head
FG
Love come in
AmEm
The minnows our witnesses
AmEm
The cause of our sickness is
FGAm
Love come in, the water is fine
Bridge:
F
Blood runs thicker than water
G
Blood runs thicker than water
Am
Blood runs thicker than water
Em
But both feel the same when your eyes are
closed
F
I Am the riverʼs daughter
G
I Am the riverʼs daughter
Am
I Am the riverʼs daughter
Em
And youʼll be her son when weʼre both
reposed
F
Blood runs thicker than water
G
Blood runs thicker than water
Am
Blood runs thicker than water
Em
But both feel the same when your eyes are
closed
F
I Am the riverʼs daughter
G
I Am the riverʼs daughter
Am
I Am the riverʼs daughter
Em
And youʼll be her son when weʼre both
reposed
Chorus:
Am
Blood runs thicker than water
(The silt of our wedding bed)
Em
Blood runs thicker than water
Am
Blood runs thicker than water
(The pebbles where you lay your head)
Em
But both feel the same when your eyes are
closed
F
I Am the riverʼs daughter
(Love, come in)
G
I Am the riverʼs daughter
F
I Am the riverʼs daughter
(Love, come in)
G
And youʼll be her son when the water is
Am
fine
AmEm
The minnows our witnesses
AmEm
The cause of our sickness is
FGFG
Love come in, love come in
FGAm
Love come in, the water is fine
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