Elvis Costello – The River In Reverse (Guitar)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
F#m: 244222
B11/F#: 222222
Bsus2: 224422
C#7: x4342x
Gmaj7: 3x443x
Dmaj7: 557675
[Intro]
F#m B11/F# F#m Bsus2 F#m
[Verse 1]
F#m Bsus2 How long does a promise last? F#m Bsus2 How long can a lie be told? F#m Bsus2 F#m What would I take in exchange for my soul? C#7 Would I notice when it was sold?
[Chorus]
F#m Bsus2 F#m Wake me up F#m Wake me up F#m Bsus2 Wake me up with a slap or a kiss F#m Bsus2 F#m There must be something better than this Gmaj7 F#m 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse Dmaj7 What do we have to do to send C#7 The river in reverse
[Interlude]
F#m B11/F# F#m Bsus2 F#m
[Verse 2]
F#m Bsus2 Every man a crawling kingsnake F#m Bsus2 Every girl a half a heartbreak F#m Bsus2 F#m Every woman sold into shame C#7 To any son without a name F#m Bsus2 Are your arms too weak to lift? F#m Bsus2 Another shovel on the graveyard shift F#m Bsus2 F#m Here comes the flood if you catch my drift C#7 Where the things that they promised are not a gift F#m Bsus2 If man falls through the mirror of a lake F#m Bsus2 They fish him out quick and they call him a fake F#m Bsus2 F#m Give him all the temptations he can take C#7 Tie him up high 'til his bones break
[Chorus]
F#m Bsus2 F#m Wake me up F#m Wake me up F#m Bsus2 Wake me up with a slap or a kiss F#m Bsus2 F#m There must be something better than this Gmaj7 F#m 'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse Dmaj7 What do we have to do to send C#7 The river in reverse
[Interlude]
F#m B11/F# F#m Bsus2 F#m
[Verse 3]
F#m Bsus2 I thought I heard somebody laugh F#m Bsus2 Look out your window F#m Bsus2 They're chasing shadows in the dark F#m Bsus2 They're counting widows F#m Bsus2 I felt a sliver of glass F#m Bsus2 Saw a cross in splinters F#m Bsus2 I felt the truce of spring F#m Bsus2 Dig me out of the trench of winter F#m Bsus2 So count your blessings when they ask permission F#m Bsus2 To govern with money and superstition F#m Bsus2 F#m They tell you it's all for your own protection C#7 'Til you fear your own reflection F#m Bsus2 But the times are passing from illumination F#m Bsus2 Like bodies falling from a constellation F#m Bsus2 An uncivil war divides the nation F#m Bsus2 So erase the tape F#m Bsus2 on that final ape F#m Bsus2 running down creation F#m Bsus2 Running down creation
[Outro]
F#m Bsus2 Wake me up F#m Bsus2 Wake me up F#m Bsus2 Wake me up with a slap or a kiss F#m Bsus2 There must be something better than this F#m Bsus2 Wake me up F#m Bsus2 Wake me up with a slap or a kiss F#m Bsus2 There must be something better than this