Carly Simon – Let The River Run (Ukulele)

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Chords

A                D
[tab]            A
let all the dreamers

        F#m     E
wake the nation.

D               A     E     A
Come, the New Jerusalem.

A                D
Silver cities rise,

            A
the morning lights

                F#m     E
the streets that meet them,

D                      A
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,
running on the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters.
C               F
We the great and small

C
stand on a star

        Am      G      F
and blaze a trail of desire

        Am      G      C
through the dark'ning dawn.

        Am              D
It's asking for the taking.

C
Come run with me now,

C
the sky is the color of blue
you've never even seen in the eyes of your lover
Am              Bb
Oh, my heart is aching.

G
We're coming to the edge,
running on the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters. [Solo] C F C Am G F C G C
C              D
It's asking for the taking.

C
Trembling, shaking.

Am               Bb
Oh, my heart is aching.

G
We're coming to the edge,
running on the water, 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             C   G  C
Come, the New Jerusalem.