C  G  C  G
C  G  D  G


[Verse 1]
C  G
    Blue water
C  G
    Black bible
C  G
    Old river
D  G
    Come quietly
C  G
    Just asking
C  G
    A glass of water
C  G
    They don't know me
D  G
    Don't try me


[Pre-Chorus]
Em       D    G        C
  Nobody gonna pick me up
            Em    D
I'm falling down
       G        C
And I'm 5th St. bound
Em           D    G        C
  Now nobody wanna fill me up
            Em    D
I've fallen down
           G       C
None of my friends around


[Chorus]
D               G
 Seen it on the news
Cm                   G
  Looked like me and you
                          D
Did they hear me calling?


[Verse 2]
C  G
    Blue water
C  G
    Black rider
C  G
    Keep on rolling
D  G
    Keep on riding
C  G
    Old silver
C  G
    Old Tar River
C  G
    Keep running
D  G
    Black water
C  G
    Old river
C  G
    That old Tar River
C  G
    Just keeps rising
D  G
    Inside me


[Pre-Chorus]
Em       D    G        C
  Nobody gonna pick me up
            Em    D
I'm falling down
       G        C
And I'm 5th St. bound


[Chorus]
D               G
 Seen it on the news
Cm                   G
  Some never seem to lose
                              D
They say, the rest are fallen
                 G
I seen it on the news
Cm                  G
  It wasn't mine to lose

Do they hear me calling?


[Bridge]
 C          G
(Heavy this leans inside me)

Keep Rising
C           G
 (The river seethes)
 C           G
(Parting the ground beneath me)

Keep Rising
D             G
(Just like the sea)

Oh, Tar River
 C           G
(Watching it washing over)

Tar River
C           G
(The broken reeds)

It grows inside me
 C            G
(Gambling the rushing water)


[Outro]
                D      G
Keeps on running (Over me)
             C     G
Keeps rising (Over me)
            C      G
Keeps rising (Over me)
C      G
 (Over me)
              D  G
Keeps rising