The River (Part 1)
by Garth Brooks · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica
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VERSE 1
You know a dream is like a riv-er
Ev-er chang-in' as it flows
And a dream-er's just a ves-sel
That must fol-low where it goes
Try-ing to learn from what's be-hind you
And nev-er know-ing what's in store
Makes each day a cons-tant bat-tle
Just to stay be-tween the shores
CHORUS
And I will sail my ves-sel
'Til the riv-er runs dry
Like a bird up-on the wind
These wa-ters are my sky
I'll nev-er reach my dest-in-a-tion
If I nev-er try
So I will sail my ves-sel
'Til the riv-er runs dry
VERSE 2
Too man-y times we stand a-side
And let the wat-ers slip a-way
'Til what we put off 'til to-mor-row
It has now be-come to-day
So don't you sit up-on the shore-line
And say you're sat-is-fied
Choose to chance the ra-pids
And dare to dance that tide
REPEAT CHORUS
There's bound to be rough wat-ers
And I know I'll take some falls
With the good Lord as my cap-tain
I can make it through them all
CHORUS
Yes I will sail my ves-sel
'Til the riv-er runs dry
Like a bird up-on the wind
These wa-ters are my sky
I'll nev-er reach my dest-in-a-tion
If I nev-er try
So I will sail my ves-sel
'Til the riv-er runs dry
Yes I will sail my ves-sel
'Til the riv-er runs dry
'Til the riv-er runs dry