River Is Waiting Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Capo:	1st fret

Author Unregistered. Last edit on Feb 11, 2014

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CAPO 1
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Verse 1:
 G             D
The river is waiting
 A        D        G D A D
Come rise up
 G           D
A new day is dawning
 A         D       G D A D
Come rise up
 G                  D
We be salin' at first light
 A     D           G D A D
Come Gather
 G                     D
Set our course for the crossing
A    D             G D A D
Together
 
Chorus:
 G      D
Sail on
 A      D
Sail on
G             D
The river is waiting
 A     D           G D A D
Sail on
 
Verse II:
 
The river is waiting
I'm ready
To slip from this island
I'm ready
Gonna leave all my sorrow
Behind me
Lift my face to the new day
That's rising
 
Repeat Chorus
 
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River Is Waiting – John Fogerty

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Verse pattern should be D-G-A-D while singing G-D-A-D in between

There is a point in the song where they sometimes use b minor instead of G in the Verse. I’m finding that very tasty. My iTunes version from the Revival is in Eb - maybe he capo’s 1st fret and plays in D.