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Show Of Hands - Cruel River Chords

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Cruel River Chords

(ver. 1)
Show Of Hands
[Intro]
 
G D G G
 
[Verse 1]
 
G               C        G
I worked on her father's farm
G                           C
Long hours of labour in the hills
G                 C         G
Sharp of mind and strong of arm
               D          G
He blessed the day he found me
G          C      G
Saw me as another son
G                    C
Raised me as his own until
G                     C       G
His daughter's love I finally won
                  D              G
And he cursed the light around me
 
[Chorus]
 
            Am    Em    C     G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G     Em       G       D
Every year you claim a heart
             G
You've taken hers
            C
You've broken mine
    G      D     C    G
You cruel, cold river
 
[Verse 2]
 
G              C      G
Arm in arm out on the ridge
G                      C
We lay together in the sun
  G                   C        G
Beneath the tor and beyond the bridge
       D                G
In her arms they caught me
    G               C       G
One brother kept my love at bay
    G                         C
Two brothers held me hard and close
    G             C      G
And he fell upon me in a rage
    G             D              G
And such a bitter lesson he taught me
 
[Chorus]
 
            Am    Em    C     G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G     Em       G       D
Every year you claim a heart
             G
You've taken hers
            C
You've broken mine
    G      D     C    G
You cruel, cold river
 
[Instrumental]
 
Am Em C G D C G G
 
[Verse 3]
 
     G               C        G
Then begging them to leave me be
G                            C
   She broke away and stood alone
     G                      C        G
Just where those rocks bent down the trees
          D         G
Above the roaring waters
G                 C       G
Swift and sharp a summer storm
     G                    C
Had raged this river into flood
        G                   C        G
And its there he reached to take her arm
                 D            G
And its there he lost his daughter
 
[Chorus]
 
            Am    Em    C     G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G     Em       G       D
Every year you claim a heart
             G
You've taken hers
            C
You've broken mine
    G      D     C    G
You cruel, cold river
            Am    Em    C     G
And he said dart, cruel river dart
G     Em       G       D
Every year you claim a heart
             G
You've taken hers
            C
You've broken mine
    G      D     C    G
You cruel, cold river
    C      D         C G
You cruel, cold river
         G      D         C  G
You're a cruel, cold river
            
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