Lee Ann Womack – I Know Why The River Runs (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

INTRO: C Dm F G (2x)
       C         Dm       F
When I reach to hold you___

G              C     Dm  F  G
I'll still be alone

       C          Dm     F
When I hear the ringing___

G          C     Dm  F  G  Dm
Of the telephone

               F       Dm
I'll think it is you

             F   G   Am
It will not be true
CHORUS:
       F       C     G
I know why the river runs

     Am        F          C     G   Am
To a place somewhere far away

       F       C      G
I know why the sky is crying

           Am         F          C   G
When there aren't any words to say
INTERLUDE: Am F C G Am F C G
        C         Dm      F
I could play the message___

G              C     Dm  F  G
That you left for me

      C          Dm       F
I can hear your voice and__

G              C   Dm  F  G  Dm
I could still believe

                    F        Dm
That you will soon be home

                  F   G   Am
But you will never come
CHORUS:
       F       C     G
I know why the river runs

     Am        F          C     G   Am
To a place somewhere far away

       F       C      G
I know why the sky is crying

           Am         F          C   G
When there aren't any words to say
INTERLUDE: Am F C G Am BRIDGE:
                         F                 Am
There's a silence that I don't want to keep

                            G               F
There's a hole now where my heart used to be

                              Am
You say that healing comes in time

      G                     F      C   F
But I don't know what that means_________
INSTRUMENTAL: C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Dm
                F         Dm
I lie here for so long

                  F   G   Am
But you will never come_____ 
CHORUS:
       F       C     G
I know why the river runs

     Am        F          C     G   Am
To a place somewhere far away

       F       C      G
I know why the sky is crying

           Am         F         C   G   Am
When there aren't any words to say
CHORUS:
       F       C     G
I know why the river runs

     Am        F          C     G   Am
To a place somewhere far away

       F       C      G
I know why the sky is crying

           Am         F         C   G
When there aren't any words to say
OUTRO: (## repeat riff and fade to end) Am F C G Am F C G Am
              F       C     G   Am  F  C  G  
       I know why the river runs_________
Am F C G Am F C G