Carly Simon – Let The River Run

Guitar chords and lyrics of Let The River Run by Carly Simon
Published 1989
Original key A

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A              D
Let the river run,

            A
let all the dreamers

        F#m E
wake the na-tion.

D               F#m E A
Come, the New Jeru-sa-lem.

 

A             D
Silver cities rise,

            A
the morning lights

                F#m     E
the streets that meet them,

    D                E
and sirens call them on

E       A
with a song.

     F#m             B
It's asking for the taking.

A
Trembling, shaking.

F#m             G
Oh, my heart is aching.

 

      E
We're coming to the edge,

E/D
running on the water,

E/C#
coming through the fog,

E/B
your sons and daughters.

 

C                F
We the great and small

           C
stand on a star

            Am         G
and blaze a trail of desire

F                     Am   G    C
through the dark'ning dawn.

     Am             D
It's asking for the taking.

      F
Come run with me now,

                       C
the sky is the color of blue

 

you've never even seen

                     Am
in the eyes of your lover...

              Bb
Oh, my heart is aching.

       G
We're coming to the edge,

G7
running on the water,

Em
coming through the fog,

G7sus4
your sons and daughters.

 





  


 

     Am             D
It's asking for the taking.

F          C
Trembling, shaking.

Am               Bb
Oh, my heart is aching.

      G                       G7
We're coming to the edge,

G6
running on the water,

G5
coming through the fog,

 
your sons and daughters.

 

C               F
Let the river run,

             C
let all the dreamers

         Am G
wake the nation.

F               Am  G C
Come, the New Jeru-sa-lem.