Morrissey – Once I Saw The River Clean (Guitar)

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[Intro] | Am | Am | Em | Dsus4 | | Am | Am | Em | Dsus4 | [Verse 1]
Am                    Em
 Once I saw the river clean

                         Am
Distant future, wait for me

                       Em
I grow pleasing to the eye

        Dsus4                Am
And the queue will queue for me

                     Em
Once I saw the river clean

                               Am
Soon the clock will strike for me

                    Em
Childish mind anticipates

         Dsus4
Grown-up mind consummates
[Instrumental] | Am | Am | F | F | [Verse 2]
A         Em             G
 I walked with my grandmother

       D                 A
Down a windblown Chester Road

         Em            G
With her fifty-two new pence

        D             A
For her twenty number-tens

       Em               G
And my forty-five pence too

        D       A
Demand "Metal Guru"

          Em               G
Once with hearts securely stacked

        D
Then we walked all the way back
[Instrumental] | Am | Am | F | F | [Verse 3]
Am                       Em
 I walked with my grandmother

                          Am
Along the groan of Talbot Road

                      Em
In the gardens by the graves

      Dsus4        Am
I can just about behave

                 Em
Arrogant and paranoid

                        Am
All around, see fathead youth

                       Em
Look into their brutal eyes

         Dsus4
But only if you want the truth
[Instrumental] | Am | Am | F | F | | A | Em | G | D | | A | Em | G | D | | A | Em | G | D | | A | Em | G | D | | F | F | D | D | | F | F | B | E | | F | F | D | D | | F | F | B | E | A | [Verse 4]
A       Em            G
 Once I saw the river clean

           D              A
Scratching up the latest scheme

          Em                 G
Time will come but it hasn't yet

          D
Someone's out to get me

A         Em             G
 I walked with my grandmother

           D                 A
Cornbrook Street, where incomplete

          Em            G
She would never be again

         D
A Dublin dancer, free and young
[Outro] | Am | Am | Em | Dsus4 | | Am | Am | Em | Dsus4 | Am |